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The actual statement has too many qualifiers:

“As we get imminently closer to launch—and I say that in game development language—it’s very hard to keep it under wraps”

“As we get” is not “we are”. He is saying that in some inteterminate future where they are getting closer to launch, they will say more.

By not having more to say, the implication is that they are not close. They also soft-cancelled the 2026 release estimate, and did not put forward a new one. If they were anywhere near getting it done, they’d be talking which quarter of 2027 by now.

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Nora@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I remember being so excited for the then upcoming 2014 release…

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- fartographer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  They still have some time to make it before the late last moments of the quarter for a year of some number.
  
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- HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  I got so hyped for the seriously any day now you dudes 1985 release
  
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osprior@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
When did they soft cancel the 2026 release?

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- Deestan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  “Soft cancel” as in stopped talking about it long ago and dodging questions about it.
  
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  - osprior@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    They’ve been pretty quiet about it in general, I’m not sure if no news about it confirms a “soft cancel” as you put it. Every time they mention it they reconfirm it but it’s probably not as visible outside the community.
    
    Rockstar and GTA6, or Valve and the new steam hardware are probably good examples of many companies choosing not to say anything until the answer is more than “work continues”.
    
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