What happened
The original May launch was postponed after the team identified a critical issue late in development and chose to give the game more time. The next public wording used a Summer 2026 window before the more precise August date was announced.
How to read old articles
Older previews may still mention May 21 or Summer 2026. Those dates are useful timeline context, but they are not the current answer. A player looking for the launch date should use August 20, 2026 and treat the older dates as superseded.
- May 21, 2026 = original plan.
- Summer 2026 = interim delay window.
- August 20, 2026 = current schedule.
Does a delay change the game?
A delay tells us that the team needed additional development time; it does not by itself prove a feature was removed, a platform was cancelled or the game is in trouble. The practical response is to track concrete announcements and ignore rumor loops that do not change the schedule.