{"id":654289,"date":"2026-03-30T22:51:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/killer-instinct-2013-devs-brawler-royale-rumbleverse-gets-august-release-date"},"modified":"2026-03-30T22:51:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:51:04","slug":"killer-instinct-2013-devs-brawler-royale-rumbleverse-gets-august-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/killer-instinct-2013-devs-brawler-royale-rumbleverse-gets-august-release-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Killer Instinct 2013 dev&#8217;s &#8220;brawler royale&#8221; Rumbleverse gets August release date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/killer-instinct-2013-devs-brawler-royale-rumbleverse-gets-august-release-date.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nRumbleverse &#8211; the free-to-play &#8220;brawler royale&#8221; from developer Iron Galaxy Studios &#8211; has, following a bit of a delay, been given a new release date, and is launching for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC (via the Epic Games Store) on 18th August.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIron Galaxy Studios, which is perhaps best known as the developer behind the 2013 version of Killer Instinct, announced Rumbleverse <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/killer-instinct-developer-announces-melee-battle-royale-rumbleverse\">during last year&#8217;s Game Awards<\/a>, describing the 40-person, melee-focused battle royale game as &#8220;big, hilarious playground where spectacular things are always happening&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIt was initially due to launch into early access on 8th February this year, but Iron Galaxy opted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rumbleverse.com\/en\/news\/an-update-on-the-launch-of-rumbleverse\">delay its release indefinitely<\/a>, saying &#8220;there&#8217;s more we want to do to perfect the experience.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/killer-instinct-2013-devs-brawler-royale-rumbleverse-gets-august-release-date\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/killer-instinct-2013-devs-brawler-royale-rumbleverse-gets-august-release-date\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rumbleverse &#8211; the free-to-play &#8220;brawler royale&#8221; from developer Iron Galaxy Studios &#8211; has, following a bit of a delay, been given a new release date, and is launching for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC (via the Epic Games Store) on 18th August. Iron Galaxy Studios, which is perhaps best known as the developer behind the 2013 version of Killer Instinct, announced Rumbleverse during last year&#8217;s Game Awards, describing the 40-person, melee-focused battle royale game as &#8220;big, hilarious playground where spectacular things are always happening&#8221;. It was initially due to launch into early access on 8th February this year, but Iron Galaxy opted to delay its release indefinitely, saying &#8220;there&#8217;s more we want to do to perfect the experience.&#8221; Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":654290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[103,59,44,45,6353,60,4616],"class_list":["post-654289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer","tag-battle-royale","tag-pc","tag-ps4","tag-ps5","tag-rumbleverse","tag-xbox-one","tag-xbox-series-x-s"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Killer Instinct 2013 dev&#039;s &quot;brawler royale&quot; Rumbleverse gets August release date | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rumbleverse - the free-to-play &quot;brawler royale&quot; 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