{"id":1532262,"date":"2026-03-21T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eYFuPqt4xxJeBoiM4cvUNQ"},"modified":"2026-03-21T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T12:00:00","slug":"blight-survival-offers-a-fresh-slice-of-its-medieval-zombie-slaying-after-its-developer-took-a-break-to-rebuild-our-core-systems-from-the-ground-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/blight-survival-offers-a-fresh-slice-of-its-medieval-zombie-slaying-after-its-developer-took-a-break-to-rebuild-our-core-systems-from-the-ground-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Blight: Survival offers a fresh slice of its medieval zombie-slaying, after its developer took a break to ‘rebuild our core systems from the ground up’"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Blight: Survival<\/a>, the third person hack ‘n’ slash where you carve up zombies in brutal medieval combat, is one of the most anticipated games on Steam. In fact, it recently surpassed 1.5 million wishlists<\/a>, with only Subnautica 2<\/a>, Deadlock<\/a>, Light no Fire<\/a> and Forza Horizon 6<\/a> having more.<\/p>\n

Yet with such anticipation comes a lot of expectation, and players have been expecting Blight: Survival for a long time. The game was announced way back in 2022, and it’s been almost two years since its developer, Haenir Studio, partnered with Dead by Daylight<\/a> creator Behaviour Interactive as Blight’s publisher.<\/p>\n

But in a recently published trailer thanking fans for helping Blight reach its wishlist milestone, creative director Ulrik Langvandsbr\u00e5ten took a moment to explain what’s taking so long.<\/p>\n

“We’re taking the time to make sure that it pays off when the moment comes to put Blight in your hands,” Langvandsbr\u00e5ten says. “When we teamed up with Behaviour, we spent a lot of time digging into the original vision for Blight. It quickly became clear that if we truly wanted to do it justice, we needed to take a step back and rebuild our core systems from the ground up.”<\/p>\n

\n