Alright, so I want to see Owlboy give the dude from Dead Cells a punch in the uhhh — glowy head? — as much as the next guy but sometimes good things come to those who wait just a liiiiitle bit longer!

I’m a strong proponent of dev teams taking the time they need to get things right, and today Dark Screen is doing exactly that as they need just a bit more time to get Bounty Battle up to their standards. See below for the official statement, and we’ll announce a new release date very soon.

Ultimate Indie Brawler Bounty Battle Delaying Release to Get Things ‘Just Right’
Manchester, UK – July 17, 2020 — Originally scheduled for a July 23, 2020 release date, publisher Merge Games and developer Dark Screen are today announcing the delay of their all-star indie fighter, Bounty Battle. A new date is yet to be announced, but the team at Merge has come forward to say that while the delay is unfortunate their commitment is to deliver a well-rounded experience to their community without compromise.

“We’re sorry to say that we’ve had to make the unfortunate decision to delay the launch of our upcoming All-Star Indie Fighter, Bounty Battle. Our goal to provide an amazing couch co-op experience to our community is within reach, but we felt that we still had significant improvements to make that we simply could not achieve without a slight delay. Our community’s experience is of utmost importance to us, so keeping that in mind we decided to that the time we needed to deliver Bounty Battle as intended and intact.

This means that Bounty Battle will no longer release on the 23rd of July as previously announced. We will update the community as soon as we have a new release date to share with everyone!

We would like t the ultimate indie fighting game: a new 2D fighter, where you can pit your favorite Indie heroes against one another! Indie heroes from games like Guacamelee! Dead Cells, Darkest Dungeon, Owlboy & more battle it out in this fighter frenzy. Bounty Battle features 30 fighters from over 20 different Indie games! Fighters come with their own Minion companion and unique abilities. Battle across levels inspired from the fighters’ native game worlds with up to 3 other players.