A recent PlayStation database update has leaked a release date for the cat-simulator adventure title Stray.
BlueTwelve Studio made waves among gamers in general and PlayStation fans in particular after it unveiled Stray in 2020, a cat-like adventure game set in a cyberpunk sci-fi world. Although Stray has seen many delays since it was first announced two years ago, publisher Annapurna Interactive previously reassured fans that the game’s release date is still set for this year, with recent reports suggesting the game could indeed release this summer. Now, a new update to PlayStation’s internal database has revealed the final release date of this highly anticipated game.
Released as a PlayStation exclusive, Stray will take players into a world of robotics and advanced technology, adventuring around the world in the name of a cat. Teaming up with a drone to complete various missions, gamers will roam around the city, solving puzzles and avoiding predators. The game often makes use of the small size of the main character’s cat to create unique puzzles such as getting through air ducts and jumping over city rooftops. Now after rumors swirling around the game’s release timeframe, the PlayStation database has revealed the game will be out in just a few months.
A recent update to the PlayStation database, reported by popular PlayStation content aggregator PlayStation Game Size on Twitter, shows that Stray has a final release date set for the 19th. July this year. While the account is quick to remind excited gamers that the date may just be a placeholder date in PlayStation’s database, July will also coincide with the “Summer 2022″ release timeframe. ” was rumored after Sony’s earlier confirmation of delaying the game’s launch to “early 2022”.
Stray’s release during the summer months will coincide with a time when Sony has been relatively quiet on the release front of its games, with many of the platform’s biggest titles already set for release later in the year. now. While Fall is the time to host events for some of the big titles like Sonic Frontiers and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, releasing in the summer months will highlight the unique adventure gameplay style. by Stray and there won’t be many other big games to eclipse it.
While Stray is still on track to finally reveal the long-awaited release date, this cat simulator once had a bumpy road to the finish line. After the initial reveal in Summer 2020, the game was pushed back its first October 2021 release deadline to 2022 and then further delayed to early 2022. Stray experienced setbacks in its nearly two-year stretch of development, but a confirmed release date means gamers won’t have to wait much longer to dive into the cyberpunk world from the perspective of one of the game’s adorable cats.
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