{"id":1222873,"date":"2026-02-23T22:57:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/H7wuvpV3js4qEw6NBnkfJE"},"modified":"2026-02-23T22:57:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:57:53","slug":"13-years-after-it-was-first-teased-and-2-months-after-committing-to-a-2025-release-mewgenics-is-delayed-into-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/13-years-after-it-was-first-teased-and-2-months-after-committing-to-a-2025-release-mewgenics-is-delayed-into-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"13 years after it was first teased, and 2 months after committing to a 2025 release, Mewgenics is delayed into 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The “endless cat breeding RPG” Mewgenics<\/a> showed up at the PC Gaming Show yesterday with another bizarre trailer<\/a> and a new release date: Instead of arriving in 2025 as planned, it’s now set to arrive on February 10, 2026. And there’s actually a pretty good reason for the delay.<\/p>\n

“Dude, listen. Launching in Nov\u2013Dec is hard,” Mewgenics mastermind Edmund McMillen explained on Steam<\/a>. “We want this game to get the attention it deserves and don\u2019t want to compete with holidays and holiday AAA releases. And honestly, adding a few more months to dev means launching with an even more heavily tested and polished experience!”<\/p>\n

That seems entirely reasonable to me. The holiday quarter\u2014sometimes referred to by retailers as “the golden quarter”\u2014can be incredibly lucrative, but it’s also absolutely overrun by developers and publishers looking to cash in on the spirit of the season.<\/p>\n

That’s not so much an issue with videogames, though, which are free from the shackles of in-store inventory and parking lot chaos: The advent of digital distribution, particularly on PC, means games, and especially indie games, can become huge hits at any time. Balatro<\/a> dropped in February 2024, for instance, and did pretty well for itself, and Dave the Diver<\/a> made a big splash when it showed up in June 2023. These days, picking your spot is often more important than being part of the usual seasonal rush.<\/p>\n

And it may not be just a matter of dodging the festive crowds, because it sounds like there’s still a fair chunk of work to do before Mewgenics is ready to roll\u2014although the new release date gives the team a solid eight months to get everything done. McMillen provided a list of the development work remaining:<\/p>\n