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Kien, the most-delayed video game in history, released after 22 years

The makers of Italian action game have endured the longest development journey in history. Their game is now finally out – on the long-discontinued Game Boy Advance

Kien currently holds the record for the most-delayed video game in history – 22 years eclipses the 15-year journey of the infamous Duke Nukem Forever, a shooter that was delayed for so long that it became a meme. These were thrilling tales about a mercenary company in the early Italian Renaissance, involving knights, soldiers and squires – but due to their age, these stories were essentially lost to time. “I believe we are in a phase similar to [the revival of] vinyl or cassettes for music,” Belsanti muses, “a return to previous, more primitive forms of the medium driven by nostalgia from the generations who lived those eras, and curiosity by those who came after such technology.”

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