In what might be the most legendary "hold on, we need more time" move in recent gaming history, Wandering Sword has been delayed from its May 28th launch window all the way to January 21st, 2027. That is not a typo. That is not a drill. That is nearly a full extra year of wandering, apparently.
As reported by Push Square, the PS5 RPG was mere days away from hitting shelves when the delay was announced - which is the kind of last-minute boss fight nobody wanted. Players who had the game wishlisted and their weekend plans locked in are now left staring at a calendar wondering what just happened to their lives.
The audacity of this delay speedrun
We have seen delays before. We have cried, we have coped, we have moved on. But pulling the plug with less than a week to go? That is a whole new category of "it's not ready yet." It takes a special kind of courage - or a very, very urgent bug report - to look at a May 2026 release date and say "nope, January 2027 it is."
To be fair, delays almost always mean the devs found something worth fixing, and nobody wants a broken RPG at launch. We have all been burned before by games that probably should have stayed in the oven a little longer. Still, the timing here is so specific it almost feels personal.
What even is Wandering Sword?
For those not already in the know, Wandering Sword is a wuxia-inspired RPG that has been generating some genuine hype among fans of the genre. The premise has drawn comparisons to classic tactical RPGs with a strong martial arts flavor, which is exactly the kind of niche passion project that tends to punch way above its weight class.
The silver lining here is that the game still exists, the devs clearly care enough to delay rather than ship something rough, and January 2027 gives everyone time to clear their massive backlogs. (You won't. We know. But theoretically.)
Keep an eye on Push Square for further updates as Wandering Sword continues its very literal journey toward an actual release date.
