Licensing issues causing Shaq-Fu: A Legend Reborn’s delay, news soon, Wii U dropped, NBA Playgrounds Switch offer will be honored
Saber Interactive hasn’t had much to say about Shaq-Fu: A Legend Reborn. We did recently come across a retail listing for the game, but we haven’t heard much over the past few months.
Speaking with TechRaptor, Saber Interactive finally explained the situation. Shaq-Fu: A Legend Reborn is apparently complete, and the team is now working around licensing issues. News will be provided soon on the game’s official Indiegogo page. Oh, and the Wii U version has been dropped, which is not much of a surprise.
Saber Interactive also intends to honor the original offer made last year to Switch owners. Anyone who purchased NBA Playgrounds before June 10 will receive Shaq-Fu: A Legend Reborn for free.
Here’s the full statement from Saber:
Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn is a co-production of Saber Interactive and Big Deez Productions, and on behalf of both parties, we’d like to apologize to our backers for not communicating better when the game and its associated rewards will be delivered. We want to assure the community that the game is intended for release in the near future, and we thank everyone for their continued patience.
We are currently working on an official update for the Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn Indiegogo page, which should be ready in the coming weeks, that will explain a number of details the community has been waiting patiently for, including an official release date. We’ll also be informing our backers that the game will launch on the PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Windows PC, but not the previously stated PS3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii U. While we know this change may not be ideal for everyone, we think it’s necessary given how dramatically more modern gaming hardware has been adopted by the gaming community as a whole since the original Indiegogo campaign.
We recently reiterated our commitment to provide a free copy of Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn on Nintendo Switch for those who purchased NBA Playgrounds on Switch before June 10, 2017. We’ll be able to share more details with the community on how that process will work as the game’s release approaches.
