After 22 years, the 'most-delayed game in history' steals Duke Nukem Forever's crown by finally releasing on the GBA
Jul. 11, 2024If you count a cancelation as a delay
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A Game Boy Advance action game 20 years in the making has finally come out and it might have just snatched the record for the most-delayed release of all time.
Belstani has now returned to the project he said goodbye to 22 years ago as Kien, miraculously, just came out on the handheld it was always intended for. No, really - there’s not a Steam or console port in sight, Kien is onlyavailable as a physical cartridgefor the GBA. Kien’s revival was made possible thanks to the recent retro gaming boom, Belstani says. “I believe we are in a phase similar to [the revival of] vinyl or cassettes for music.” The antiquated release isn’t just a cool, attention-grabbing gimmick though; Belstani believes there’s a certain magic in going back to old hardware that “created a bridge between the artwork and the pixels, and filled every limit and absence with fantastic stories.”
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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that’s vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he’ll soon forget.
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