Just a week after announcing Basement Crawl would be released today , developer Bloober Team has delayed its debut PlayStation 4 game in order to take advantage of "exciting opportunities" that have arisen.

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"While the completed version of Basement Crawl was prepped for launch during the last week, several exciting opportunities to partner with major industry players to enhance, refine and add-to the game arose," said Bloober CEO Piotr Babieno. "Although a difficult decision, we decided that the best choice for us, as a team, was to delay Basement Crawl so that we could take full advantage of these opportunities. We will be able leverage those new partnerships to further grow and improve the game while still providing an amazingly fun multiplayer experience for PS4 owners. We'll be able to announce more details in the days and weeks to come."Today's announcement provides no indication as to what these partnerships might entail. Basement Crawl will still be out in the first quarter of 2014, meaning that -- barring any further delays -- it will be available by the end of March.The Bomberman-style Basement Crawl was scheduled to be released on PlayStation 4 in Europe today and sometime "soon" in North America. When it is released, it'll be a digital-only title available for $9.99 / €9.99 / £7.99.

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