Captain Blood, a pirate-themed action-adventure sport that was speculated to launch in 2010 however has been caught in growth hell since then, will lastly come out on May 6.
Captain Blood is an Xbox 360-era action-adventure sport by means of and thru, following a pirate captain on a quest to save lots of a damsel in misery after different, extra evil, pirates kidnap her. To accomplish that, the titular antihero must punch, slash, and shoot his approach by means of anybody who will get of their approach, finishing the occasional quick-time occasion or combating highly effective enemy bosses. It seems to be like a throwback to motion video games on consoles like PS2 and Xbox 360, which is sensible as that is the period of gaming Captain Blood is definitely from.
Development on Captain Blood reportedly started way back to 2003, as Russian developer Akella deliberate to make a sport based mostly on a novel by creator Rafael Sabatini. A sport titled Captain Blood was first teased at E3 2004, nevertheless it switched groups and restarted growth a number of instances earlier than the undertaking settled with writer 1C Firm round 2008. GameSpot even went hands-on with Captain Blood round this time, already lamenting that it had “been in growth for a number of years now.” Whereas a launch was speculated to occur by 2010, it stored getting delayed and ended up by no means releasing attributable to events concerned with the sport going bankrupt and different authorized challenges surrounding the sport.
All of that meant Captain Blood was left caught in growth hell after 2010…till now. In 2024, online game writer SNEG Ltd. acquired the rights to Captain Blood and started engaged on an offical launch. After one final small delay from late 2024 to 2025, we lastly have a concrete launch date for this action-adventure sport. Whereas we do not know whether or not or not the sport itself is any good, it is spectacular {that a} sport that appeared cursed to by no means launch is lastly popping out.
Captain Blood launches for PC, Steam, Mac, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Collection X|S, and Nintendo Swap on May 6, priced at $25.