{"id":19267,"date":"2018-05-03T15:05:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/ukiyo_confirms_death_road_to_canada_will_arrive_on_8th_may_without_a_name_change"},"modified":"2018-05-03T15:05:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T15:05:00","slug":"ukiyo-confirms-death-road-to-canada-will-arrive-on-8th-may-without-a-name-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/05\/03\/ukiyo-confirms-death-road-to-canada-will-arrive-on-8th-may-without-a-name-change\/","title":{"rendered":"UKIYO Confirms Death Road To Canada Will Arrive On 8th May Without A Name Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/ukiyo_confirms_death_road_to_canada_will_arrive_on_8th_may_without_a_name_change\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/ukiyo_confirms_death_road_to_canada_will_arrive_on_8th_may_without_a_name_change\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"news3.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/ukiyo_confirms_death_road_to_canada_will_arrive_on_8th_may_without_a_name_change\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/ukiyo_confirms_death_road_to_canada_will_arrive_on_8th_may_without_a_name_change\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"news3.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Last month, in the wake of the tragic events that took place in Toronto, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/04\/death_road_to_canada_delayed_following_the_recent_attack_in_toronto\">UKIYO Publishing decided to pull roguelike zombie game<\/a> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/death_road_to_canada\">Death Road To Canada<\/a><\/strong> from its planned 15th May launch window on the Nintendo Switch eShop. However, the game has now been rescheduled for release a week early on 8th May.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\" readability=\"4.921875\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\" readability=\"12.5284090909\">\n<p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As some of you may have found out through the Eshop, we did originally consider launching on the May 15th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But\u2026<\/p>\n<p>After some consideration for the fans we decided to release Death Road to Canada on May 8th instead.<\/p>\n<p>And the 20% discount will also start from the 8th for 2 weeks. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LzKR8StZlu\">pic.twitter.com\/LzKR8StZlu<\/a>\u2014 UKIYO Publishing (@UkiyoPublishing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UkiyoPublishing\/status\/992026408737230848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Some fans had wondered whether the game&#8217;s title would be changed in response to the attack. In an official statement to Nintendo Life, Martin Hann, Co-Owner of UKIYO Publishing, confirmed that such a move would have ultimately led to further, costlier delays to the game:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p>&#8220;UKIYO Publishing is a small, independent endeavour and changing the name would have resulted in a huge expenditure in resources, not to mention further delays to the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>What do you make of this news from the team behind Death Road? Is it the right move in the wake of the tragedy? Share your thoughts with the community below&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, in the wake of the tragic events that took place in Toronto, UKIYO Publishing decided to pull roguelike zombie game Death Road To Canada from its planned 15th May launch window on the Nintendo Switch eShop. However, the game has now been rescheduled for release a week early on 8th May. 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