Video games get delayed all the time. It’s probably never worth fretting too much about because there are always plenty of great games to play. We live in a golden age, truly. But nevertheless, it’s good to keep tabs on the titles you’re interested in so that you can budget your time and money accordingly. These are 11 of the biggest games that got delayed in 2018.

Kingdom Hearts 3

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Days Gone

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Metro Exodus

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Crackdown 3

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Dreams

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MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

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Code Vein

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Shenmue 3

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Skull & Bones

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Yoshi’s Crafted World

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The Elder Scrolls: Blades

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: January 25, 2019Once The Last Guardian finally released in December 2016, Kingdom Hearts 3 inherited the mantle of the biggest game to be delayed the longest. The wait for the next installment in Tetsuya Nomura’s Disney/Square RPG crossover has been nothing short of trying for fans, who’ve seen Disney buy both Marvel and Star Wars since development on Kingdom Hearts 3 began. It – along with its Frozen, Toy Story, and other characters and areas – is finally almost here.: April 26, 2019The next PlayStation-exclusive project from Sony’s Bend studio has been a long time coming. So long, in fact, that it’s already been delayed into 2019 twice – first to February and now to April. The third-person open-world post-apocalyptic adventure first got noticed for the absolutely crazy-large number of zomb...er, freakers that it could put on the screen at once, but after multiple delays, it will now need to convince gamers that it can stand toe-to-toe with the rest Sony’s highly rated first-party catalog.: February 15, 2019The critically acclaimed Metro series has long been regarded, perhaps somewhat quietly, as a torchbearer for high-quality, narrative-driven single-player first-person shooters. Its E3 2017 debut did nothing to diminish that reputation, with a gorgeous trailer setting the tone for an almost-next-generation-level game in the graphics department. Unfortunately, our first impression of actually playing it was not a positive one, but there’s time yet for Exodus to turn E3 2018 into a distant memory and get people more in the mood for what they showed at E3 2017 – particularly after it was given a bit of extra development time by being pushed out of 2018.: February 15, 2019Microsoft’s beleaguered building-hopping sequel is the last of the titles still unreleased from Xbox’s darkest period, which saw the cancellations of Scalebound and Fable Legends and numerous studio closures. Crackdown 3 has long promised “the power of the cloud” to help it achieve its fully destructible cities in multiplayer matches – the Xbox One X was a year from even being announced when it was first demonstrated, to put the timeline in perspective – and now it’s finally imminent. How it ultimately turns out remains to be seen, but it’ll be nice to see it reach the finish line regardless.: TBD 2019The ambitious follow-up to LittleBigPlanet has been a long time coming from developer Media Molecule, and the finish line is not really any more clearly in sight after its push out of 2018. The project has been shown at plenty of recent gaming events like E3 and Gamescom, but despite it being very playable, the team still isn’t ready to lock in a date for its open-ended, build-your-dream-game toolbox. But at least a public beta might be coming soon : September 10, 2019Microsoft loosened its iron grip on the MechWarrior IP to allow Piranha Games to develop a new single-player entry in the long-running giant-robot Battletech series, which is currently due for PC only. The series looks set to lean back into its simulation-ish roots, with individual limb targeting and destructibility a key for Mech-on-Mech combat. It previously had a December 2018 release date, so let’s hope they’re confident in the new, far-away September date.: TBD 2019With Bandai Namco’s own Dark Souls series seemingly finished for the time being, the “punishing combat” mantle is passed to Code Vein exclusive IGN First look at the spiritual follow-up back in September of 2017, but the release has now been pushed to 2019. This one is under the radar for now but worth keeping an eye on.: August 27, 2019Ever since Shenmue 3’s bizarre Kickstarter announcement on Sony’s E3 stage in 2015, the road to completion has been a long one for Yu Suzuki’s cult-classic revival. It’s still no closer, but it does now have a specific date on the calendar: the still-fairly-far-away August 27, 2019. Will Shenmue play well in the modern era? Can it evolve with the times? Those remain to be seen, but this is easily one of the biggest crowdfunded releases in recent years.: TBD 2019Remember when Skull & Bones versus Sea of Thieves was a thing? Fast-forward to today and Sea of Thieves is many content updates in with a thriving player community and Skull & Bones is still lost at sea. Still, many publishers might’ve canceled an outside-the-box project like this already, but credit Ubisoft for giving its development teams the time to maximize Skull & Bones’ potential.: Spring 2019Nintendo’s adorable Yoshi spinoff stole the hearts of gamers when it was announced at E3 2017, but was quietly pushed to 2019 earlier this year. Fortunately, it’s not only still coming, but it shouldn’t be too much longer, as Nintendo as marked the calendar for Springtime as the finish line for the colorful, vibrant, double-sided papercraft platformer. Any new Nintendo platformer is big news, and Yoshi’s Crafted World is a case in point.: Early 2019Bethesda made a big deal about their mobile-specific Elder Scrolls game at E3 2018, but it needs a bit more time to bake in the oven. The first-person romp through Tamriel will feature both quests and town-building, as well as multiplayer in the Arena – hearkening back to Elder Scrolls Arena – and is graphically impressive enough that it’s likely to push your phone’s GPU to its computational limits.

While you wait for these delayed games, check out the best of what 2018 had to offer in IGN’s 2018 Best Of awards

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