Barring a last-minute cataclysm, Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course will be released on June 30 at a price of €7,99. If the date now seems set in stone, we should not forget that the extension should have been available long before. Naturally, COVID-19 is no stranger to all this, but the mental health of its developers is also a factor that StudioMDHR takes into account, even if it means falling behind.
"It's complicated to find people [capable of working on the game, ndlr], explains Maja Moldenhauer - who is both producer of Cuphead and director of the studio - in the context of an interview with our colleagues from IGN. The priority, and even more during COVID-19, was to make sure everyone was happy. We're talking about video games. Take your time. Mental health must be above all else. It It's necessary that you take the space and the time that you need, especially in the last two years. We were like, 'If the game takes longer to come out, so be it. Who cares?'"
Before adding: "If we have to take all the risks, it must be for a company of which we are proud, for a company that brings together all the things that we have always wanted. Respect for each other, l love and support; in fact, things we never received in our previous jobs." Even if it is totally out of step with the financial challenges faced by most players in the video game industry, Maja Moldenhauer's words show that what obsesses StudioMDHR is above all this incredible 2D worthy of cartoons of the 30s. "Seeing it all come to life, take shape, it's just beautiful, she says. It's art for art's sake, and it's something that people only care about by the numbers can't figure it out. Really don't."
For the record, Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course is expected on PC, Xbox One, PS4 and Nintendo Switch.
