{"id":317050,"date":"2025-10-17T09:49:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T09:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2162893"},"modified":"2025-10-17T09:49:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T09:49:47","slug":"lone-echo-2-will-miss-its-august-launch-date-delayed-to-later-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/lone-echo-2-will-miss-its-august-launch-date-delayed-to-later-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Lone Echo 2 will miss its August launch date, delayed to &#8220;later this year&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lone-echo-2-will-miss-its-august-launch-date-delayed-to-later-this-year.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lone Echo 2, the sequel to developer Ready at Dawn&#8217;s acclaimed 2017 zero-gravity VR adventure, will miss its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-07-20-ready-at-dawns-oculus-exclusive-zero-grav-sci-fi-sequel-lone-echo-2-out-in-august\">previously announced<\/a> 24th August release date, and is now expected to launch on Oculus devices some time &#8220;later this year&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Lone Echo 2 catapults protagonists Captain Olivia Rhodes and player-controlled android Echo One (nicknamed &#8220;Jack&#8221;) 400 years into the future, where an abandoned space station holds the key to returning home. Pre-release glimpses suggest it&#8217;ll deliver another bout of moody sci-fi adventure built around zero-gravity traversal and puzzling, with Ready at Dawn promising &#8220;complex challenges&#8221; and &#8220;startling discoveries&#8221; as its &#8220;emotional&#8221; far-future story unfolds.<\/p>\n<p>Lone Echo 2 was originally announced all the way back in 2018 for a release the following year, but the game has see multiple delays along the way &#8211; the most recent due to development challenges involving the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. And now Ready at Dawn has confirmed it&#8217;ll be pushing launch back once more in a <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/ready-at-dawn\/ready-at-dawn-lone-echo-ii-development-update-august-2021-a85cda17ccaa\">post to its blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-08-12-lone-echo-2-will-miss-its-august-launch-date-delayed-to-later-this-year\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-08-12-lone-echo-2-will-miss-its-august-launch-date-delayed-to-later-this-year\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lone Echo 2, the sequel to developer Ready at Dawn&#8217;s acclaimed 2017 zero-gravity VR adventure, will miss its previously announced 24th August release date, and is now expected to launch on Oculus devices some time &#8220;later this year&#8221;. Lone Echo 2 catapults protagonists Captain Olivia Rhodes and player-controlled android Echo One (nicknamed &#8220;Jack&#8221;) 400 years into the future, where an abandoned space station holds the key to returning home. Pre-release glimpses suggest it&#8217;ll deliver another bout of moody sci-fi adventure built around zero-gravity traversal and puzzling, with Ready at Dawn promising &#8220;complex challenges&#8221; and &#8220;startling discoveries&#8221; as its &#8220;emotional&#8221; far-future story unfolds. 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