Lollipop Chainsaw RePop Launching Early [IGN]

Lollipop Chainsaw RePop hasn’t suffered another delay but is instead being bumped up nearly two weeks to September 12, 2024.

As reported by Gematsu, developer Dragami Games confirmed the change would affect all versions of the game — PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, Nintendo Switch, and PC — in North America, Central and South America, and Europe.

The previous release date of September 25 came after another delay out of summer 2024 and before that 2023, but as its latest September 12 date is just a month away, it’s likely Dragami Games will stick to this one.

Lollipop Chainsaw RePop is a remake of the original Lollipop Chainsaw which follows high school cheerleader and zombie hunter descendant Juliet Starling as she fights through the apocalypse with her boyfriend’s severed head at her side.

“RePop is a definitive version of the game which leaves the story unchanged, with the focus on quality-of-life improvements and additional gameplay content,” Dragami Games CEO Yoshimi Yasuda said in June.

The game picked up a cult following but in our 5/10 review, IGN said: “Lollipop Chainsaw doesn’t even attempt to differentiate itself from the genre, and most of what it does try new in the realm of its characters and writing ultimately ends up taking away from an incredible-on-paper action game.”

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.