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New Claymation Co-Op Game Gets Hit with Big Delay

One of 2026’s most unique-looking co-op games gets an unfortunate push into next year.

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Making video games is hard enough, but making them out of clay is presumably even harder. Because of this, 2026’s promising-looking claymation co-op adventure game is opting to take some extra time in the oven.

Out of words is delayed into 2027

Thanks to Joesf Fares’ Hazelight Studios, the concept of pure co-op adventure games that are only playable with a friend has become increasingly popular post-It Takes Two. A game like Orbitals shows that more small studios are opting to design games exclusively for co-op with hopes of becoming the next team-up hit. Although far less abundant and, thus, less popular, stop-motion animated claymation games, of which 2024’s Harold Halibut is likely the most well known, are also starting to pop up more on gamers’ radars. One game is bringing together both of these concepts; Out of Words might just be one of the most unique games ever made.

Originally called Vokabulantis when it was first revealed as a Kickstarter project earlier on in the decade, the game changed its name to Out of Words after being picked up by Epic Games Publishing and........

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