Kerbal Space Program 2 delayed into 2023, devs blame complexity

Kerbal Space Program 2.The delay has occurred again. The game’s development team updated fans on the progress of the long-delayed project Monday, saying that the sequel would be ready for launch in early 2023 on PC and on consoles later that same year.

“We are building a game of tremendous technological complexity, and are taking this additional time to ensure we hit the quality and level of polish it deserves,” the team explained in the post. “We remain focused on making sure KSP2It runs well on many hardware platforms, is extremely graphically capable, and has a lot of content. We’ve built a spectacular team at Intercept Games — a team that includes, as previously mentioned, key members from the development team behind the original Kerbal Space Program.”

Creative director Nate Simpson also released a video explaining the new release date and the delay, though it didn’t include too much additional information.

Original Kerbal Space ProgramSquad, an unusual international team located in Mexico City designed the sequel. Take Two purchased it in 2017 Star Theory Games, formerly Uber Entertainment, was charged with developing the sequel. This team was later replaced with Intercept Games in the following year. It’s this transition — along with the COVID-19 pandemic and the overall complexity of the spaceflight simulation — that has resulted in multiple delays for the game according to developers.