Ori and the Blind Forest Release Pushed to 2015

<p>Sorry&comma; kids&comma; it looks like <em>Ori and the Blind Forest<&sol;em> won&&num;8217&semi;t be under the tree this holiday season&period; The highly anticipated platform adventure game that charmed attendees of Microsoft&&num;8217&semi;s E3 press conference has been delayed into early 2015&comma; according to its developer Moon Studios&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The studio announced the delay in a blog post on their <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;oriblindforest&period;com&sol;&num;&excl;news&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">website<&sol;a>&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;While we&&num;8217&semi;re extremely excited for all of you to get your hands on<i> Ori and the Blind Forest <&sol;i>as soon as possible&comma; we made the decision together with our partners at Microsoft Studios that we&&num;8217&semi;ll need just a little more time in order to add a final layer of polish to &&num;8211&semi; what we hope &&num;8211&semi; will be an unforgettable gaming experience&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamepur&period;com&sol;files&sol;images&sol;2014&sol;Ori-and-the-Blind-Forest&lowbar;0&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"772" height&equals;"434" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The game follows the story of Ori&comma; a cat-like forest sprite&comma; as he journeys through various challenges and gorgeous backdrops&period; The team at Moon Studios has spent over four years developing the game&comma; primarily focusing on the intricate gameplay that likens itself to titles like <em>Super Meat Boy<&sol;em>&period; It will feature over 10 hours of continuous content and zero load time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Microsoft will release<em> Ori <&sol;em><em>and the Blind Forest<&sol;em> simultaneously on XBox One and PC before releasing on XBox 360 later next year&period; To relieve the anticipation&comma; Moon Studios has released the game&&num;8217&semi;s prologue&comma; which you can watch <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;oriblindforest&period;com&sol;&num;&excl;news&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">here&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;polygon&period;com&sol;2014&sol;11&sol;24&sol;7274623&sol;ori-and-the-blind-forest-delayed-2015-launch" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Polygon<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;