Indie developer Summitsphere has announced a delay for ANTONBLAST, their new hand-animated retro platformer.

The Wario Land-inspired platformer will forgo its previously announced November release for one a bit later, on December 3rd.

When the game does launch it’ll be on Windows PC (via Steam) and Nintendo Switch. The Switch version is a timed exclusive, the original Kickstarter for the game was planned for Xbox and PlayStation, too.

To make up for the delay a new “One Blast Demo” will be released for PC as part of Steam Next Fest, from October 14th through the 21st. Summitsphere will also try to bring the demo to Switch as an update to its previous demo.

Here’s the full word from Summitsphere boss Tony:

Hey everyone,
This is Tony, Studio Head at Summitsphere and Director on ANTONBLAST.

Summitsphere is a studio with roots planted across the southeastern United States, and as you’ve likely heard, Hurricanes Helene and Milton have ravaged this area in particular. Relief efforts are currently underway for those impacted; we’re sharing links to some of those so you can contribute if you like.

As for us, we are thankfully all safe… but the hurricanes have directly and indirectly affected a number of our team and their ability to work, with some going weeks without power.

I have personally gone on record stating that the team has no interest in releasing anything less than the best version of ANTONBLAST. As such, we have made the difficult decision to delay the game’s launch from November 12th to December 3rd.

Now, I can appreciate that having to wait that much longer kinda sucks…

So to make it up to you, I’m happy to announce that we’re bringing you One Blast Demo, playable at Steam Next Fest next week.
This demo will feature a totally revamped Boiler City, as well as the never-before-playable Slowroast Sewer (and maybe a few other
surprises, too).

We’ll also be making efforts to bring One Blast Demo as an update to Nintendo Switch within the coming weeks, pending platform approval.

All of us at Summitsphere are looking forward to bringing ANTONBLAST to you very soon. Thank you for the endless support you’ve shown us.

-Tony Grayson, on behalf of SUMMITSPHERE