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Project Phoenix JRPG Delayed Into 2018
Project Phoenix, a squad-based RTS-meets-JRPG being developed by a host of Eastern and Western developers known as Creative Intelligence Arts met its Kickstarter goals after only nine hours back in 2013. Fast forward to today, and the game's original mid-2015 release projection is being moved back to 2018.
A recent update for the game outlines the team's development timeline going forward, including hiring more staff and getting its lead programmer in the fold full time (who's been consulting on the project already). The team anticipates 2.5 years of development from the time the programmer comes on board (which is being pushed out by two months) with a further six months of testing.
Despite the long dev time from its 2013 announcement until its new 2018 projection, the developer is not issuing refunds.
For more on the game, check out this preview from back at its announcement.
[Source: Project Phoenix Kickstarter]
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