Samson bekräftat släpps till PlayStation 5 och Xbox Series X/S i september

Samson was released on PC earlier this month by Liquid Swords, a new studio formed by Christofer Sundberg, the creator of Just Cause game series, which also includes former Just Cause and Mad Max developers. It continues to receive multiple updates to stabilize the game following its troubled launch.

Last week, Liquid Swords announced Roadmap 2026 for Samson, during which it was announced that the game would be released on consoles this fall, but without any details regarding the release date or platforms. In the new interview with The Game Business, the studio’s boss confirmed that Samson will release on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S this September, while he also spoke about the game’s criticism at launch, disagreements with NetEase, layoffs, competition with GTA, and more, and you can check out the highlights from his interview below:

“The launch has gone a bit so-so. The game suffered from way too many bugs and a lack of polish. We’re correcting it almost daily now. The reception is starting to become more positive. For us, it was just a must to get the game out. But any game released in this day and age is a success.

The publisher climate was terrible. We were quite far on in a number of discussions, but we felt that we couldn’t trust this game to be picked up. So, we decided to self-publish. We had quite a large budget ask as well. We had to adapt to the current state of the business. That led to lowering the ambition and cutting away at the meatier RPG aspect that we had.

That was terrible. Those were our friends, coworkers and great developers.

We’ve never pretended to be any bigger and better than we are. We’ve been quite honest. It’s hard not to read all the comments. But what is heartwarming is that so many wanted it to be much bigger. They almost thought we were lying when we’ve been repeatedly saying, ‘this game is a bit rough around the edges. It’s not a 100-hour experience.’ But it’s almost like, ‘yeah, yeah, yeah. You keep on saying that. We know that it will be a new Just Cause in the end’.

We are releasing new updates and patches weekly. It will be what most expected it to be. And we are releasing it on console in September. By that time, I don’t think we will have many new features, but we’ll definitely work on polishing. The plan from the very beginning was to deliver on PC and console simultaneously, but for financial reasons we couldn’t. We didn’t have the bandwidth. But now the game is out, we do. And the game is already running on consoles. It just needs to be optimized, and then we have to go through the submission. It’s so graphics heavy that it wouldn’t run very well on Switch 2 without some serious compromises on the graphics side

I don’t see GTA as a competitor, it’s like a phenomenon. Everything in entertainment competes with it. The next Taylor Swift concert competes with GTA. The next big Netflix show. When a GTA releases, it’s just Christmas for everyone. With all that said, there will always be room for games aside from GTA.

I see this as a sort of an endurance race. I’m a retired endurance athlete. I’ve approached almost everything I do in this business on the long term, not just trying to make a lot of money and retire.

I don’t have any rush or even a desire to sell Liquid Swords to someone. I’d rather see us be successful on our own. We’ve gone through highs and lows. We know what we have in the bank. We’ll just keep on doing the work and focusing, importantly, on significantly improving Samson. And then create stability for the company as well.”

The latest update for Samson came out yesterday, which is primarily aimed at fixing a number of bugs, including those reported by players. You can check out more information about the update here.

Samson is a 1990s-set action-crime game. You play for Samson McCray, who returns to the brutal city of Tyndalston to pay off a heavy debt and protect his sister, engaging in intense, close-quarters combat and car-based combat.

Are you excited the game is coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S this September? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

Samson is now available on PC via Steam and Epic Games Store.