{"id":877801,"date":"2025-12-16T22:22:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T04:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/16\/saros-delayed-to-april-30-2026\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T22:22:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T04:22:51","slug":"saros-delayed-to-april-30-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/16\/saros-delayed-to-april-30-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Saros Delayed to April 30, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment <\/p>\n<div id=\"innerContent\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vgchartz.com\/articles_media\/images\/saros-delayed-to-april-30-2026-506793_expanded.jpg\" alt=\"Entertainment Saros Delayed to April 30, 2026\" width=\"641\">\n                <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/n4g.com\/tips?url=https:\/\/www.vgchartz.com\/article\/466541\/saros-delayed-to-april-30-2026\/&#038;title=Saros Delayed to April 30, 2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s2.n4g.com\/gen\/nb-16x16-icon.gif\"><br \/>\n                 <\/a>\n           <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>by <b><br \/>\n       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vgchartz.com\/author\/359048\/william-dangelo\/\">William D&#8217;Angelo<\/a><br \/>\n       <\/b>, posted 5 days ago <span>\/ 1,743 Views<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Housemarque have announced the t<\/span><span>hird-person action game,<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Saros<\/em><span>, has been delayed from March 20, 2026 to April 30, 2026. It will launch for the PlayStation 5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>View the pre-order trailer below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xmsc_GokLPI\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Read details on the game below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is a dream project, by a dream team. Please watch our gameplay first look below:<\/p>\n<p>This gameplay is captured on PlayStation 5 at 60fps using Unreal Engine 5 and is still a work in progress, so expect tweaks, fixes, and upgrades when you\u2019re playing<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Saros<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>on PlayStation 5 or enhanced on your PlayStation 5 Pro in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>For this extended gameplay reveal we wanted to establish the world and story and then focus purely on our deep 3rd person action, and how we take things to the next level with Saros.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Shape-Shifting Planet of Carcosa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The events of<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Saros<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>take place on Carcosa, a shape-shifting, hostile alien planet; one that changes on every death, and offers a wide variety of environments and enemies for you to encounter. In this gameplay first look, we see our protagonist Arjun Devraj (performed by Rahul Kohli) exploring the planet as a total eclipse nears. Along the way he finds Nitya Chandran (performed by Shunori Ramanthan), one of our ensemble cast, and a key character. The stunning environment Arjun explores is that of a lost ancient civilization fueled by the twisted enlightenment of the eclipse. This is just one of the biomes our amazing team on<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Saros<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>are creating.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How Our Action Gameplay Has Evolved<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For our first look at gameplay we wanted to show real and unedited<span>\u00a0<\/span>action gameplay from<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Saros<\/em>, and then layer by layer detail some of the new elements we have added on top of<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Returnal<\/em>\u2018s award winning third-person action. Our goal with these new elements has been to add more depth to our gameplay by adding a wider variety of tools.<\/p>\n<p>Arjun\u2019s Soltari advanced combat suit allows him to dash, melee, jump, and more. At the start of every run you will select your loadout from a mix of Soltari human weaponry and Carcosan alien weaponry. In this video, Arjun is using the Soltari Phosphorous Shotgun to defend himself and melt the hostile machines housed in the lost ancient city. As you can see from our extended gameplay, you can expect spectacular bullet patterns from enemies, and brutal weapons to use which fuel the science-fiction power fantasy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weaponry and Abilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s talk about Arjun\u2019s unique abilities. Firstly, we have the Soltari Shield, activated by holding R1. In<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Saros<\/em>, you can run into the hostile projectiles, absorbing their energy to defend yourself. Once absorbed you can hit back hard with your Carcosan Power Weapon. This second unique ability allows you to charge up the weapon with energy harvested from hostile projectiles (by pulling the L2 adaptive trigger fully), then discharging this explosive energy at enemies with R2.<\/p>\n<p>Power Weapons transform Arjun\u2019s right arm into an eclipse-fuelled weapon, corrupting him in the process. This gives him an alternate, and customizable, way to deal devastating damage to hostiles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Storytelling in Carcosa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We also wanted to highlight how we are expanding our storytelling in<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Saros<\/em>. Along with grounded voice-over, stunning cinematics, haunting audio logs, and conversations with our ensemble cast of NPCs, there are also Soltari Holograms detailing what happened on Carcosa as you explore. If you choose to collect them, they are vital to discover what happened on this hostile planet. There\u2019s also more surreal and mysterious storytelling sequences, but we will share more with you about these moments ahead\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The final element we highlight is the \u201cSecond Chance\u201d ability. On death, Arjun has the ability \u2013 once discovered \u2013 to use eclipse corruption energy to rise back up on first death. This is one small part of the permanent-progression systems we have added in Saros, which will allow you to always come back stronger after each death. These systems include the ability to upgrade your Soltari advanced combat suit &#038; abilities if you choose to do so.<\/p>\n<p>We are super proud of how<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Saros<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>plays, and cannot wait for you all to experience it.<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Saros<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>has been built by a dream team of collaborators; for this PS Blog post we wanted to shout out all of our superb<span>\u00a0<\/span>PlayStation<span>\u00a0<\/span>Studio partners including<span>\u00a0<\/span>XDEV, Nixxes, PlayStation Studios Creative Arts teams and many more.<\/p>\n<p>Nixxes are working closely with Housemarque\u2019s creative, gameplay, art, and production leadership on key elements of the art and gameplay in Saros. They have been an amazing collaborator, and you can see their stunning work in this gameplay first look.<\/p>\n<p>After our award-winning collaboration on<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Returnal<\/em>, PlayStation Studios Creative Arts are also back working with the team at Housemarque. The sound and music you hear in this reveal is the result of this continued collaboration, and we are building something exceptional together.<\/p>\n<p>Last but not least, the dark-electronic meets drone-metal score featured in this gameplay showcase (and in our earlier cinematic announcement), was composed by the fantastic and two-time Grammy Award-winning Sam Slater. His past work includes collaborations on the acclaimed Chernobyl and Joker, as well as being part of the team behind the score for the cult film, Mandy.<\/p>\n<p>Expect a deep dive into our musical score and Sam\u2019s process as we get closer to launch. We set out to create a bold and innovative score unique in any medium today.<\/p>\n<p>In the future we\u2019ll be sharing more about our mysterious, monstrous, and moving story including our plot, ensemble cast of NPCs, and the lost off-world colony on Carcosa you will experience.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em>A life-long and avid gamer,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vgchartz.com\/author\/79\/william-dangelo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William D&#8217;Angelo<\/a><em><span>\u00a0<\/span>was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TheAlphaTomato\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a><em>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/trunkswd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitch channel<\/a><em>. You can follow the author<\/em><em><span>\u00a0<\/span>on<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/trunkswd.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bluesky<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Entertainment More Articles<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vgchartz.com\/article\/466541\/saros-delayed-to-april-30-2026\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n William D&#8217;Angelo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by William D&#8217;Angelo , posted 5 days ago \/ 1,743 Views Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Housemarque have announced the t hird-person action game, \u00a0 Saros , has been delayed from March 20, 2026 to April 30, 2026. It will launch for the PlayStation 5. 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