Badland Publishing and developers CO5MONAUT and Stas Pisarev have announced a delay for the console ports of Death Crown.

The minimalist real-time strategy game will forgo its planned February 11th release for one sometime next month, in March. Death Crown will release for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch. This is actually the second delay for the game, as its original console release date was in November 2020.

“Although today was the day chosen for Death Crown to finally hit the market, we regret to announce that, in our efforts to achieve the highest quality on each of the platforms on which CO5MONAUT and Stas Pisarev’s title will be released, its definitive release will be delayed until March,” Badland Publishing said in a statement.

Here’s the latest trailer for the game:

Here’s a rundown on the game, via Badland Publishing:

Death Crown is a minimalist real time strategy game in a 1bit style, where you will be play Death herself, commanding her legions of death, and punishing humanity’s Kingdom for its overconfidence.

At the end of the millennial war, when all the cemeteries were overcrowded with the bodies of the dead, came the one who was called The King. Thanks to his unyielding will, The King managed to subdue and unite all the lands. The Kingdom appeared, and the era of the Human began. The King ruled wisely and fairly, but his time on this land ran out: Death came after him. But the will of The King was so strong that he could deny Death.

He grew so proud that he humiliated Death itself. The idea of the overwhelming power and immortality didn’t leave his mind. The King realized that power over the living was not enough for him.

The King decided to get the powerful artefact known as the Death Crown. Thus begins the War of the Death Crown.

Features:

• Clear strategic gameplay. Clear strategic gameplay. Everything is very simple: you only have barracks producing troops, mines producing gold, and towers protecting your buildings. Every building is integral to your success!
• Local multiplayer. Punishing pitiful humans in co-op with a friend is much more fun! And after that you can find out which one of you is cooler in the PVP mode.
• A memorable visual style. Seriously, how many strategy games in 1bit do you know?
• Unique story. Upgrade your troops, march through your foe’s lands, sowing death and destruction, behold the fall of the Humanity’s Kingdom in the breathtaking campaign.

Death Crown has been available for Windows PC (via Steam).