Open-world Terminator: Survivors gets its Early Access launch delayed to next year

Judgment Day will have to wait. Publisher Nacon has announced that Terminator: Survivors‘ Early Access launch has been delayed to an unknown date in 2025.

Terminator: Survivors, by Studio Milan, was originally slated for an October 24, 2024 release. In the announcement, Studio Milan CEO and Creative Director Marco Ponte cites the need for just a bit more development time. I’ll choose to ignore the fact that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is arriving on October 25. Wait, forget that last part!

This deferral of the game’s release was a tough decision to make, however we believe that this additional time will enable us to ensure that our vision of the post-apocalyptic world of Terminator meets the expected level of quality. On behalf of the NACON Studio Milan team, I would like to thank all the players and fans of the franchise for their enthusiastic reception of Terminator: Survivors. We are extremely proud to have this opportunity to work on such an iconic franchise as Terminator, and are eager to reveal more of it to you. Thank you all for support… We’ll be back.

Marco Ponte, CEO and Creative Director at Nacon Studio Milan

Terminator: Survivors lets you live the dream of surviving among robot friends

The open-world survival game places you in a post-Judgment Day apocalyptic future where you must eke out a living among wandering death machines. Terminator: Survivors lets you work together or with friends to gather materials and construct a base for your resistance buddies. Naturally, Skynet’s walking death bots are everywhere, but you can fight back using tactics, stealth, and guns.

There is a story to experience as well. According to the details, you can learn about the origin of Judgment Day and follow an “unexpected storyline and try to change humanity’s fate.” Whether or not the game ties into the time-travel plot isn’t known, but we’ll likely experience something of the sort.

Terminator: Survivors will launch into Early Access in 2025. Check out the Steam page if you’re hankering for more info, screenshots, and flashy gifs.