Total War: Pharaoh on Epic Games Store Pushed into Early 2024

[T0@st]

Total War: Pharaoh's release date via Epic Games Store has been delayed into early 2024, but its Steam launch time remains unchanged—it is still scheduled for October 11 (at the time of writing). It seems that Epic Games has added to the development team's pile of homework—Creative Assembly shared this information through its social media account(s): "We have moved the Epic Games Store release of Total War Pharaoh into early 2024. We were recently asked to help support the integration of additional social functions before we can launch on the Epic Games Store," it explains, "and we'll need additional time to help make that happen." Epic's listing simply states that Sega Europe's upcoming turn-based/strategy real-time tactics game will be "Coming Soon."

Customers with pre-orders already placed on the Epic Games Store should be issued notifications regarding automatic cancellations and refunds. Customer support team members will also get in contact regarding existing pre-release purchases. The Total War department apologized for any inconveniences caused, but affected folks are more than welcome to re-direct their cash to another shop: "We're disappointed too, and that we otherwise look forward to welcoming you into Ancient Egypt early next year. Otherwise our plans to launch Total War: Pharaoh on October 11th across all other storefronts remain unchanged, and we're excited to see you playing during our upcoming Early Access Weekend starting next Friday, September 29th."




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[HisDivineOrder]

I doubt anyone will be upset that Epic Game Store got the delay instead of Steam. After all, that's what Timbo thinks Steam gamers should endure on a regular basis. He pays to make it happen.

 

[Vayra86]

""We have moved the Epic Games Store release of Total War Pharaoh into early 2024. We were recently asked to help support the integration of additional social functions before we can launch on the Epic Games Store," it explains, "and we'll need additional time to help make that happen." Epic's listing simply states that Sega Europe's upcoming turn-based/strategy real-time tactics game will be "Coming Soon."

Wow. That's one major red flag for EGS. Uninstalling that launcher right now, the end, thanks for notifying us, inb4 Tencent conspiracy shitstorm.
A store asking to integrate social functions

 

[R-T-B]

A store asking to integrate social functions

What on earth do you think steam does? Newsflash: Same thing. Steam_api.dll exists for this reason.

 

[HOkay]

This is really interesting, I'd love to get more details on this, it seems crazy that Epic made demands that'll delay the game release on their store only as that means they'll have practically zero sales of this game on their store! Can it really be worth whatever these social features are?

 

[Vayra86]

What on earth do you think steam does? Newsflash: Same thing. Steam_api.dll exists for this reason.

Is that the 'socials' they refer to... or is it a connection to actual social media, like the way you can allow EGS to use your social media account to log in?

I mean... EGS chat... that is obviously a wasteland.
And also... how does it explain such a massive delay?

 

[R-T-B]

Is that the 'socials' they refer to... or is it a connection to actual social media, like the way you can allow EGS to use your social media account to log in?

I mean... EGS chat... that is obviously a wasteland.
And also... how does it explain such a massive delay?

I don't know about the delay but I imagine the "socials" is ingame chat and matchmaking, yes.