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Frogwares has delayed The Sinking City 2 into 2026 following the ongoing Ukraine invasion alongside a shift towards survival horror elements. Of course, the team remains silent about when the game will actually arrive on the scene. The act of shifting gears toward survival horror seems to be the straw that broke the camel’s back, with lead game designer Alexander Gresko explaining that survival horror needs a “completely different kind of design thinking.” He also note that while the team have been fans of the genre, actually being the one doing it takes a lot of time and can slow development. “Switching to survival horror for the first time has been a whole new kind of challenge for us in itself, too. We’ve been making investigation adventures for more than twenty years, but survival horror asks for a completely different kind of design thinking. Tension, pacing, combat, etc. We’ve always loved the genre as fans, but once you start building it yourself, you realize how much you still have to do. It’s exciting, but it definitely makes development slower.” Not looking to make it all doom and gloom, though, it sounds like we’ll have gameplay for The Sinking City 2 on the way in coming months. Gabriel Stanford-Reisinger Editor-in-Chief Gabe has been a gamer since he was young, playing games like Pajama Sam, Freddi Fish, Guitar Hero, and whatever looked cool on GameFly. Ever since 2018, he's been infatuated with the inner workings of the gaming and entertainment industries, covering a wide range of topics from video games to TV and film. Starting as a contributor for PSX Extreme, he's worked his way up to its Managing Editor. Using what's he learned over the years, he founded Smash Jump to remind everyone to smash jump.
