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.
"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."
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/01/29/basement-crawl-delayed-due-to-exciting-opportunities
So... pure speculation, but I guess it's either on PS+ soon, or it's coming to Xbox and MS enforces release date parity.
Edit: just saw it is being discussed here, but I feel it deserves its own thread.
Edit2: looks like it's still exclusive:
BLOOBER TEAM DELAYS RELEASE OF BASEMENT CRAWL
KRAKOW, Poland (JAN 29, 2014) – Bloober Team, an independent developer based in Krakow, Poland, has delayed the release of their PlayStation®4-exclusive game Basement Crawl from its originally scheduled release date this week. The game is still scheduled to release worldwide in the first quarter of 2014.
“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 Piotr Babieno, CEO, Bloober Team. “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.”
One of the most anticipated upcoming games for PS4, Basement Crawl brings classic Bomberman-style gameplay and grind-house flavor to the system with the most fun multiplayer experience available on next-generation systems. The game will be available for download exclusively through the PlayStation Network.
Edit3: Bloober chiming in:
Hi guys, I'm the quoted ITT marketing manager from Bloober. I want to answer some of the questions or rather clarify some things.
1. It has nothing to do with Microsoft.
2. The game will be out Q1 2014.
3. There are two partners involved.
That's pretty much all I can say. I could go full CBOAT here, but noone would find my body after that. You can expect one new announcement next week, most likely, but not 100% sure.
BTW I'd really appreciate if someone activated our official account here.