Ludeon Studios and Double Eleven have formally introduced that RimWorld is making its technique to consoles quickly.
The beloved colony administration sim has been out there on Home windows PC, Linux, and Mac through GOG and Steam since 2018 following a extremely profitable Early Entry launch. RimWorld will likely be making its console debut on July twenty ninth for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Preorders can be found now for $39.99.
RimWorld‘s impending console launch was invertedly leaked earlier this 12 months when the sport was refused classification in Australia. The applicant on the itemizing was Double Eleven Restricted, a studio recognized for porting quite a lot of indie video games to consoles, seemingly all however confirming {that a} console launch for RimWorld was within the works.
RimWorld being refused classification led to the sport being quickly faraway from the Steam retailer in Australia, however was later restored after the sport was reclassified to R18+. As with many examples of video games being refused classification in Australia, the controversy was over the inclusion of medication. The Australian Classification Assessment Board is notoriously strict about depictions of medication in video games as consumable objects that provide bonuses of some type. A couple of video games that bumped into related issues embrace Wasteland 3, We Joyful Few, Disco Elysium – The Closing Reduce, and DayZ.
Nonetheless, when RimWorld was resubmitted for an attraction of the ban, the Assessment Board determined that the extreme unfavourable negative effects of medication inside the sport didn’t represent glorification of drug use.
You’ll find an announcement trailer for RimWorld‘s console launch under.