{"id":108079,"date":"2026-04-06T09:45:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T09:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/limited-run-seemingly-throws-old-guard-under-the-bus-promising-no-future-delays\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T09:45:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T09:45:31","slug":"limited-run-seemingly-throws-old-guard-under-the-bus-promising-no-future-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/limited-run-seemingly-throws-old-guard-under-the-bus-promising-no-future-delays\/","title":{"rendered":"Limited Run Seemingly Throws Old Guard Under The Bus, Promising No Future Delays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/a\/uploads\/screen_medium\/1597\/15971423\/4677708-4978169240-369692.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Limited Run has been no stranger to online controversy. Between allegations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/retrogaming\/comments\/1ci4luv\/limited_run_games_is_shipping_out_3do_games_on\/\">using cheap recordable media in place of pressed CDs for certain games<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limitedrungamessettlement.com\/\">a lawsuit for alleged violations of privacy<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sonicstadium.org\/articles\/sonic\/limited-run-games-finally-ships-sonic-x-shadow-generations-collectors-editions-and-fans-arent-impressed-r3210\/\">severely delayed collectors&#8217; editions arriving with questionable quality control<\/a>, things have been messy for the Embracer-Group-owned boutique physical games publisher for quite some time. However, with the recent departure of former CEO Josh Fairhurst, it appears that the new management is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/after-waves-of-complaints-limited-run-games-is-planning-big-changes\/1100-6538828\/\">scrambling to make amends with customers<\/a>&#8211;and subtly trashing the old management in the process.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most common complaints around Limited Run Games involves delays&#8211;buyers have come to expect delays of months, if not years on many projects, though many still grumble online whenever the dreaded release-date-change email from LRG hits their inbox. On Friday, many customers with outstanding preorders from LRG received a mass email from the company.<\/p>\n<p>After notifying the customers that their LRG preorder has been delayed&#8211;and notably, not naming specific products&#8211;the email continues by saying that they will be working to provide more accurate release dates going forward. &#8220;As we continue this transition of growth and transparency here at LRG, our new leadership has taken a hard look at our in-progress releases, and it\u2019s clear: We\u2019ve set some delivery dates that were too aggressive,&#8221; the email states. &#8220;We were overly optimistic&#8211;and we\u2019ve disappointed you in the form of delays and uncertainty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/limited-run-seemingly-throws-old-guard-under-the-bus-promising-no-future-delays\/1100-6539221\/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f\/\">Continue Reading at GameSpot<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/limited-run-seemingly-throws-old-guard-under-the-bus-promising-no-future-delays\/1100-6539221\/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Limited Run has been no stranger to online controversy. Between allegations of using cheap recordable media in place of pressed CDs for certain games, a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}