Mighty No. 9 is delayed until next year after previously being expected this fall, reports GameInformer.com, suggesting developer Comcept is resisting officially announcing this for fear of further disrupting their RED ASH Kickstarter. The release date listed by e-tailers for the crowdfunded Mega Man-inspired game shifted, and GameInformer took advantage of contacts at parent company GameStop to confirm that such changes are publisher-driven, saying:

GameStop (Disclosure: GameStop is Game Informer’s parent company) tells us on background that notification of delays such as this one are initiated by the publisher. This includes placeholder dates that are put in place when a game is first listed or, in this case, delayed. This indicates that the 2016 placeholder was driven by Deep Silver and Comcept, both of whom we've reached out to for comment.

Deep Silver declined to comment on the matter and Comcept did not return our request for a statement by publication. We’ll update should either get back to us.