The release date for the Nintendo Switch port of The Outer Worlds is being pushed back according to publisher Private Division. The news comes after Virtuos, the production company working on transposing the game to the Switch, had to close their office due to the coronavirus.
A statement posted on The Outer World’s website reads,
The Shanghai, China-based company first opened its doors in 2004. Along with two other studios in Chengdu and Xi’an, it has other offices in Vietnam, Canada, France, Japan, Ireland, and the United States with its largest building located in Shanghai. In a follow-up tweet from The Outer World’s Twitter, the development team said,
We’re delaying @OuterWorlds on Nintendo Switch due to the coronavirus impacting the Virtuos team working on the port, to provide them enough time to finish development. We’ll now be releasing the physical version on cartridge. Once we have a new launch date, we’ll let you know!
— Private Division (@PrivateDivision) February 6, 2020
In the same statement, the team also said they are working on a physical edition of The Outer Worlds for the Switch.
The Outer Worlds was set to release on March 6, 2020.
