We got all excited about the six games confirmed for Xbox Game Pass in November 2022 recently, but unfortunately we've got to pull one of them out of the list, as the console release for Humankind has been delayed indefinitely.
In a statement, the dev teams explained that "unexpected challenges" have forced them to delay the console version, but they are "working hard to bring the best possible Humankind experience to console players".
"We know this will be frustrating for many of you, but we believe this delay is for the best, as we want to make sure to provide the best possible experience to console players. Unfortunately, we're not in a position to give a timeframe on a new release date right now, but we will update you all as soon as we can."
It sounds like this could be quite a significant delay as well, as digital pre-orders of the game are going to be refunded in the near future, suggesting that an imminent release isn't likely. Probably sometime in 2023, then...?
In the meantime, don't forget that you can at least play Humankind on PC Game Pass, which launched as part of that library back in late 2021. There's also plenty of other good stuff to look forward to on Xbox Game Pass in November!
Read More: Six Games Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass In November 2022 So Far
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Man, I was really looking forward to this. At least they caught any problems with the console version before release. I’ll check this out on PC in the meantime.
Dang I love these types of games. No joke this was my most anticipated game pass release this year on console. I guess I still have scorn and high on life to look forward too
Disappointing, but I’ll probably be too busy anyway with GoW Ragnarok, Evil West, and - hopefully - Witcher 3 upgrade.
That's pretty sad to read. Wouldn't this have been obvious sooner considering how long will seemingly take them?
Still, better this than the game not working properly.
Oh an "automatic refund all pre-orders" kind of delay doesn't bode well. If it was a few months you'd not expect that :/
I was using this coming to gamepass to avoid buying Civ again (already have it on PC and Switch), I fear I will not resist the next time its on sale
@abe_hikura having played both I found civ far more engaging, so its not the end of the world!
To bad it was one of the games I was looking forward to playing in November. Been ages since I've played a civ type rts game and wanted to play one again
@abe_hikura Civ (on PS5 at least) is infinitely better than the Switch version. Turn times are so much faster you barely have time to work out what you're gonna do next!
I struggled with this game on the pc. It didn't seem like it would be very console friendly but I hope they get it all worked out.
@Gr81 same here, love civ but wanted to try this out as well and as I don't have a PC there's not many options for these 4x games on Xbox
That sucks because I was also looking forward to this and it’s surprising they announce this delay not long before it was supposed to be released.
This game has had very mixed reactions so far, can't say I'm expecting anything great.
Aww, but I can wait. Bayo 3 and Nier:Automata will eat up most of my time.
That was the only one of the 6 that didn't look like hot garbage - - this is not a good year for Xbox - im glad i have so a ps5 ss well as my series x cause damn...
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