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It's been moved up a week.
By George Yang on December 4, 2024 at 10:44AM PST
Warhorse Studios has announced that Kingdom Come Deliverance 2’s release date has been moved forward to February 4, 2025. Additionally, a new story trailer will drop tomorrow, December 5, as well as the PC and console version details.
In a new update video, public relations manager Tobi Stolz-Zwilling revealed the new release date, and that the new story trailer will premiere on tomorrow’s PC Gaming Show. Stolz-Zwilling also explained that Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 is now in its final stretches of optimization, meaning that the the studio will finally show the PC and console specs for the game.
There will be performance and quality modes for both the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S versions, along with the PS5 version being enhanced on the Pro console.
Big news: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II will arrive at your homes on FEBRUARY 4TH 2025!⚔️
With the release date pushing one week forward, we have a bunch of more exciting news coming in the following days.
Brand new Story trailer drops Tomorrow on December 5.
PC and Console… pic.twitter.com/hfBrQZJyjS
Stolz-Zwilling was coy about the decision the studio’s decision to move the release date forward, only stating, “So you can start 2025 with the best game there is.”
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2’s original release date was February 11, which was announced after several delays. Warhorse Studios presumably moved the release date forward in order to avoid February 2025’s other big releases. These include Assassin’s Creed Shadows on February 14, Avowed on February 18, and Monster Hunter Wilds on February 28.
Warhorse Studios isn’t the only developer to move a February 2025 release date forward. Sega’s Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii was originally slated for a February 28 release, but was pushed up to February 21.
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By Mikayla Easley
December 26, 2024
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Over the next decade, the Defense Department intends to proliferate hundreds of new military satellites on orbit that will provide improved space-based capabilities for warfighters. While the effort has been lauded as an ambitious and innovative plan to revolutionize space acquisition and development for the modern era, it has also exposed critical vulnerabilities in the United States’ ability to manufacture and deliver systems at scale — an issue that both the Pentagon and industrial base are working to learn from moving forward.
“We do not have the industrial capacity built today to get after this,” Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. Michael Guetlein said Dec. 7 during a panel at the Reagan National Defense Forum. “We’re going to have to start getting comfortable with the lack of efficiency in the industrial base to start getting excess capacity so that we have something to go to in times of crisis and conflict.”
Historically, the Defense Department tended to develop a few very large and exquisite satellites to conduct critical military missions. But with the growing use of space as a warfighting domain by both the United States and its adversaries, the Pentagon is now focusing on different ways to build resilience in its space systems — such as by launching hundreds of smaller, inexpensive satellites for a single constellation.
At the forefront of the relatively novel approach is the Space Development Agency’s spiral acquisition strategy that is being used for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). Once it’s built out, the constellation is expected to comprise hundreds of satellites in low-Earth orbit (LEO) and include space vehicles carrying different communications, data relay, missile warning and missile tracking capabilities.
SDA plans to field systems in batches every two years, with each iteration carrying the latest technology available. Although the first operational satellites known as Tranche 1 were slated to launch in fall 2024, that deadline has since been delayed to March or April 2025 due to supply chain bottlenecks, according to SDA Director Derek Tournear.
“I will say that what we’re seeing in the supply chain in the small LEO market has caught up to what SDA’s needs are, but it took them about eight months longer than they anticipated to ramp up,” Tournear said during a panel at the Reagan National Defense Forum. 
A total of 158 satellites are being developed for Tranche 1 of the PWSA: 126 data transport sats, 28 missile warning/missile tracking sats and four missile defense demonstration sats. The agency will also launch 12 tactical demonstration satellites under the Tranche 1 Demonstration and Experimentation System (T1DES) initiative to test new capabilities that can be leveraged in future PWSA tranches.
Across that order, four prime contractors are on the program — York Space Systems, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin and L3Harris — and each of them is working with dozens of subcontractors.
Executives from various Tranche 1 primes who spoke to DefenseScoop acknowledged that they encountered supply chain bottlenecks in their work for the contract. Issues have now mostly been resolved and the vendors are on track to launch by the new deadline, they said.
However, companies are still using those lessons learned to mitigate setbacks for future tranches that go beyond just purchasing long-lead items.
“We’re seeing the results of that demand signal that SDA has been sending us on a very consistent basis through their spiral tranche acquisition. Is it perfect yet? No. We’ve got some places to go,” Rob Mitrevski, vice president and general manager of spectral solutions at L3Harris, said in an interview.
Tranche 1 isn’t the first time SDA has experienced delays. The agency was forced to push back the launch of Tranche 0 — a group of 27 satellites that served as a proof of concept for the entire PWSA — by about six months.
The holdup was attributed to supply chain bottlenecks that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic when many manufacturers were forced to slow or stop production lines. Specific microelectronic components such as resistors were particularly difficult to buy, Mitrevski noted.
The recent issues aren’t caused by COVID-19 conditions, but are instead reflective of the sheer volume of systems SDA is asking of its contractors and an industrial base that wasn’t quite ready to meet the increased demand.
“I think a lot of that has been just scaling — getting past designing tens of things to designing lots of things,” Louis Christen, senior director of proliferated systems at Northrop Grumman, said during a tour of the company’s Space Park facility in Redondo Beach, California, where it’s manufacturing Tranche 1 birds.
To alleviate potential risk, Northrop Grumman has been moving through production as much as possible and building multiple satellites in parallel, Christen said. Working very closely with its multiple subcontractors throughout the process has been another critical strategy.
“Although they’re commercial suppliers, we’re not just buying stuff from them. We’re a partner. We’re there on a daily basis and helping prop them up,” he said.
Dirk Wallinger, CEO and president of York Space Systems, said challenges the company had weren’t specific to its Tranche 1 contracts, but actually reflect a lack of diversity in the supply chain that is affecting the entire space industry. 
“One of the key bottlenecks results from [requests for proposals] with subsystem performance specifications that inadvertently narrow the qualified vendor pool to a single supplier,” Wallinger told DefenseScoop. “This limits the value tradeoffs of all of the prime contractors and by creating dependency on sole-source suppliers, exacerbates delays.”
Addressing the problem would require rethinking high-level performance requirements in a manner that would diversify the supplier base and enable more competition in industry, he added.
L3Harris is also trying to move away from single or sole-source suppliers by building strong relationships with the swath of subcontractors it has worked with on all three of its contracts for the PWSA, Mitrevski said.
“The supply chain works to create scale over time, and the scale is created through a diverse group of suppliers,” he said. “What you’ve seen in the way we’ve evolved from [Tranche 0] through now [Tranche 1] and [Tranche 2] is a continual improvement of the scale and diversity in that supply chain.”
Wallinger noted that they’ve found the most effective way to mitigate supply chain risks has been to buy satellite buses from providers ahead of receiving mission specifications. In the future, it’s crucial that the government secures these long-lead items as early as possible to effectively eliminate delays, he added.
“Schedule risk is mostly induced from bus component suppliers, not mission payload developers,” Wallinger said. “Commoditized satellite buses are the only ones being considered, and by definition can support a range of mission sets. They are the critical component to procure in advance.”
While SDA has tried to ensure its system requirements can leverage readily available hardware, Tournear said there are some components that must be tailor-made for the Tranche 1 satellites. Mesh network encryption devices that are approved by the National Security Agency have been a significant headache because there’s only one manufacturer able to make them, he said.
The agency has adjusted its timeline expectations for future PWSA tranches to allow more time for vendors to build their platforms, adding several months to overall production time.
Mitrevski also noted that SDA’s overall strategy to fund development of capabilities that can be tested early on is beneficial. 
“They have a number of efforts where they’ve clearly acquired leading-edge capabilities with the intention of driving the maturity level of those leading-edge capabilities forward and then make use of them later on,” he said. 
York Space Systems has also discussed with SDA ways to mitigate risks outside of supply chain diversification, Wallinger said. One area of improvement could be ensuring long-lead items are aligned with current and future mission requirements, he noted.
“We have had several instances where the second- and third-tier suppliers had stock on hand, but that stock didn’t have the right interface protocols or didn’t have the right form factor, and couldn’t be used to meet the actual mission needs,” he said. “So you had those suppliers spending capital on things that simply had to be completely redone at a cost to the [U.S. government] and us.”
But with plans to only grow the number of military satellites on orbit — not just for the PWSA, but also other programs across the Defense Department — SDA’s work is likely going to create a ripple effect of both growth and demand within the industrial base. The supply chain woes are serving as a “canary in the coal mine” for the national security space community writ large, and will require the entire department’s effort to fix them, Guetlein said.
“Because of the quantities that he’s ordering, he’s now starting to uncover the challenges that we have with the industrial base,” Guetlein said, referring to Tournear. “And these challenges are significant, and we need to figure out how to get after them.”

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The plan to charge motorists driving into parts of Manhattan is being challenged in multiple courts.
The change in the timeline from five to 10 days could offer a lifeline for tenants who often lack easy access to legal aid.
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A new California law taking effect January 1 will offer renters at risk of eviction some respite, reports Felicia Mello for CALmatters.
Researchers estimate that roughly 40 percent of California tenants who face eviction lose their cases for not responding quickly enough. “The law doubles the time tenants have to respond after receiving an eviction notice from five business days to ten. Lawyers who work with renters say that what may seem like a minor procedural change could make a big difference in allowing people to stay in their homes.”
As Mello explains, “Access to legal services varies widely across California. San Francisco guarantees legal representation to any tenant facing eviction, and in other cities like Oakland and Los Angeles, robust networks of pro-bono lawyers help renters file responses. But Californians who live in so-called ‘legal deserts’ – often in rural areas – must travel many miles to meet with an attorney.” Nationwide, less than 5 percent of renters facing eviction have legal aid. Meanwhile, roughly 80 percent of landlords have legal representation.
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This Christmas, the NFL gifted fans two major games: The Chiefs vs. the Steelers and the Ravens vs. the Texans — but Christmas Day wasn’t just about football, because Beyoncé took center stage during the Texans’ halftime show. Originally from Houston, TX herself, Beyoncé performed songs from Cowboy Carter live for the very first time on the Texans’ home turf during the game’s halftime show, including “16 CARRIAGES,” “BLACKBIIRD,” “AMERIICAN REQUIEM,” “YA YA,” “SPAGHETTII/RIIVERDANCE,” “LEVII’S JEANS,” “JOLENE” and “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM.” The 11-time Grammy nominee brought out guests Post Malone, Shaboozey, Reyna Roberts, Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, and Tiera Kennedy. Blue Ivy Carter was featured as one of her mother’s dancers.
If you missed it, or just want to go back and experience the spectacle all over again, Netflix has announced that the halftime show will be available on the streaming platform as a standalone Beyoncé Bowl special later this week. Are you ready to watch? Here’s what you need to know about how to watch Beyoncé’s Christmas Day NFL performance after the holidays.
Queen Bey performed during halftime at the Ravens vs. Texans game on Dec. 25, 2024.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Bowl season is in full swing, and soon, the Louisville football program will be getting in on the postseason action.
In just a few days, the Cardinals will make the trip to El Paso, Texas, where a matchup against Washington in the Sun Bowl is waiting for them. Kickoff between the Cardinals and Huskies is set for Tuesday, Dec. 31 at 2:00 p.m. EST.
This will be Louisville's 27th bowl game in their 106-year history, sporting a 12-13-1 record in the postseason. It's also the Cardinals' second ever appearance in the Sun Bowl, and first since making their bowl game debut in the 1957 Sun Bowl.
The majority of Louisville's 27 bowl game appearances have come in the last three decades, as 22 of them – including this year's – have come in the last 27 seasons. UofL is currently riding a four-year bowl streak.
Since 2010, the Cardinals have missed out on going bowling just twice: in 2018 during Bobby Petrino's final year, and during the 2020 COVID season under Scott Satterfield. Before Steve Kragthorpe's three-year tenure from 2007 to 2009, Louisville made it to nine straight bowls from 1998 to 2006 under John L. Smith and Petrino's first tenure.
While Louisville has made to bowl games with somewhat regularity since the turn of the millennium, sustained postseason success has been hard to come by. In fact, the Cards have won bowl games in back-to-back seasons just once in their program's history: the 2012 Sugar Bowl and 2013 Russell Athletic Bowl.
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Bowl
Opponent
Result
2023
Holiday
USC
L, 42-28
2022
Fenway
Cincinnati
W, 24-7
2021
First Responder
Air Force
L, 31-28
2019
Music City
Mississippi State
W, 38-28
2017
TaxSlayer
Mississippi State
L, 31-27
2016
Citrus
LSU
L, 29-9
2015
Music City
Texas A&M
W, 27-21
2014
Belk
Georgia
L, 37-14
2013
Russell Athletic
Miami
W, 36-9
2012
Sugar
Florida
33-23
2011
Belk
NC State
L, 31-24
2010
Beef O’Brady’s
Southern Miss
W, 31-28
2006
Orange
Wake Forest
W, 24-13
2005
Gator
Virginia Tech
L, 35-24
2004
Liberty
Boise State
W, 44-40
2003
GMAC
Miami (OH)
L, 49-28
2002
GMAC
Marshall
L, 38-15
2001
Liberty
BYU
W, 28-10
2000
Liberty
Colorado State
L, 22-13
1999
Humanitarian
Boise State
L, 34-31
1998
Motor City
Marshall
L, 48-29
1993
Liberty
Michigan State
W, 18-7
1990
Fiesta
Alabama
W, 34-7
1977
Independence
Louisiana Tech
L, 24-14
1970
Pasadena
Long Beach State
T, 24-24
1957
Sun
Drake
W, 34-20
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It’s tough being a simple man in medieval Europe. Around every corner, there’s a guard barking up your backside, or a man challenging you to a duel. That’s not to mention all the xenophobes, and the corruption, and the general malaise of the land. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 attempts to capture all this in stride, for an experience that prioritises historical accuracy in a tale inspired by real events, and real places.
It’s refreshing, to be a confronted by a tale so grounded, and seemingly containing such layers. Thanks to Plaion ANZ, the GamesHub team was able to jump into an early preview of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, entering its world via a side quest which was far more complex than it first appeared.
It began with Henry, the game’s protagonist, confronting a mysterious German visitor with a political bone to pick. As an outsider, this visitor is treated with suspicion and disregard – and moments into a friendly jousting session, a horde of goons descends on the scene, with the intention to kick out the interloper. Henry is a given a choice: to stay silent and leave the drama to fester and grow, to the point where the visitor is booted from town, or to speak out in his defence.
The quest reshapes itself around this pivotal decision. If you choose to remain silent, the visitor is forced to leave for the outskirts of town. But should you speak up, you’re enthralled in a wonderfully vicious plot to instigate a brawl between the visitor and the petty, xenophobic gang that seeks to rule the town streets.
A typical video game would send you on a dashing, rooftop-jumping stealth quest to pinch the sword of the ruffians, and issue a public challenge for a sword fight – but Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 forces a moderate, more realistic approach.
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Everything you do has consequences here. You are but a humble man, attempting your best in the wake of vast conspiracies. You must steal a sword. You must also accept your limitations, and work around them to the best of abilities.
There’s no leaping through the air and past roaming guards. There’s no jumping your way up walls in defiance of physics. If you attempt a lockpick and there’s another person in sight, of course they’re going to call the guards on you. Everyone is a snitch. What I assumed to be a simple smash and grab job turned out to be a tense half-hour journey of mistakes, apologies, and paying ransoms.
First, I cased the place I was meant to be robbing, It was guarded largely on all sides, and while there were doors that would allow easy entry, there were peasants nearby who watched my wandering hands with narrowed eyes. I found an entryway that would get me close, but a passing peasant told me I wasn’t supposed to be there, and I should probably leave if I didn’t want the guards called.
Eventually, I worked my way around to the single open door of this fine establishment, and trudged my way inside, only to find I’d miscalculated my entry timing. A man stood there, hands on hips, and told me to leave. Thinking I could be clever and run to my goal, I did just that. Suddenly, I had a guard on my tail. The man followed too, harassing me as I ran up and down stairs. When I was attacked with a sword, I was forced to surrender and pay a fine. Then I scurried out, tail between my legs.
I was forced to wait between attempts, of course. You don’t let a strange man wander in your house, and then immediately abandon your post. So I bided my time. On the second attempt, I tried to lockpick the case I assumed the swords were in, and not only did it contain a random assortment of items, I also got caught by a maid – and was forced to pay a ransom, again.
I was successful on the third attempt, after adjusting my strategy – I waited until the folks inside the building had completed their rounds, and followed behind, up the stairs, to the awaiting swords. When I grabbed one off the wall, I was immediately spotted by the maid, and forced to pay a ransom – but she let me keep the sword anyway.
So, I ran off with my prize in tow, gleeful in the knowledge that my quest had been completed. What I didn’t realise is that Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 remembers. It knows what you’ve done. It sees all. I had the sword, but of course, the maid had spotted me, and she’d seen my face. I was branded a thief, and while I was able to place the sword and kick off the second half of the quest, the character’s reactions made it very clear they knew my part in the conflict.
As Tobias Stolz-Zwilling, Global PR Manager for Warhorse Studios told GamesHub, the reaction of each character in the game is determined exactly by your actions. There are multiple iterations of this particular quest, and dialogue is shifted based on how you obtained the sword, and whether you were spotted.
Notably, this also impacts the setting of the quest’s tournament. If you grabbed the sword without being spotted, the tournament is held fair and square. If you’re branded a thief, not only will you need to wait out the heat, you’ll also find your opponents wearing armour as recompense.
While the portion of the game GamesHub was able to check out was only small, it revealed these consequences very well. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 won’t make it easy for you, in any fashion. There aren’t any simple ways to tackle the game’s many quests, and you can’t try to “break” the game for your own ends. Anything you do is recorded, noted, and remembered – and consequences are heavily felt. Building a positive reputation is essential, and your actions will speak to your character.
It was this that was most exciting about our preview, and about Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 as a whole. This is a game that won’t take shortcuts with its depiction of life in Medieval Europe. It encourages you to be prepared – to think through your actions, and your strengths, and to find a strategic path forward based on your own morals and intuition. It’s a rare game that breaks with tradition, and houses itself so firmly in a satisfying, wonderful realism.
We’re certainly keen to see what’s next in this adventure, and to dive deeper into how the game’s questing and consequences system allows for an immersive, realistic tale where everything matters.
Those similarly awaiting the game can expect it to launch for PC and Xbox Series X/S on 4 February 2025. Stay tuned to GamesHub closer to launch for more.
Leah J. Williams is a gaming and entertainment journalist who’s spent years writing about the games industry, her love for The Sims 2 on Nintendo DS and every piece of weird history she knows. You can find her tweeting @legenette most days.
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