Last Tuesday, Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser wasn't sure. But today, it seems pretty likely that November will mark the latest in the long series of delays that have plagued the $50 million Grand Theft Auto IV DLC. At the BMO Capital Markets conference today in New York City, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick told attendees not [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Yesterday, in reporting that Sega's Sonic Unleashed has been delayed until Spring 2009 in Japan for quality reasons, we commented that Sega of America would have to make one of two very difficult choices: either delay the game here as well, or explain to dedicated US fans why we would be getting the inferior game. Today, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 11, 2008
As seems to be the trend for modern "simultaneous multiplatform release," particularly those designed by Ubisoft, the PC version of Prince of Persia is getting the short end of the stick -- but fear not, as Blue's News is reporting that you'll only have to wait one additional week to break out your mouse and [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 10, 2008
According to a report over at Siliconera, Sonic Unleashed may not make its release window this month. Citing quality concerns, Sega of Japan has announced that while the Wii version will still arrive December 18th, the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions will be delayed until Spring 2009.
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Despite his reported medical leave of absence earlier today, THQ CFO Colin Slade was present today at the company's Q2 earnings release conference call, where he announced that the delay of two titles to 2010 -- Red Faction: Guerilla and Darksiders: Wrath of War -- were responsible for over $125 million in reduced financial guidance [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 30, 2008
Sadly, you're not going to have Lord of the Rings: Conquest under your holiday shrub this year. EA has announced that the title, originally promised to arrive "Fall 2008," has now been pushed slightly past the new year. You can now look forward to assassinating Gimli the Dwarf when the game ships January 9th -- [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 17, 2008
Wow, that was fast. In response to the religious content-based delay of LittleBigPlanet, Sony has issued their recall, but has also issued a statement on the official PlayStation.Blog. Seems like Sony's working nice and quick to print out those new copies and get them back into stores: "We will begin shipping LittleBigPlanet to retail in [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 17, 2008
I'm actually stunned. Of all the things one hopes will never afflict a game -- unforeseen bugs, broken online functions, short launch supplies -- I don't think anybody could have seen this coming. LittleBigPlanet, Sony's user-content playground, the game that's expected to be one of the hot PS3 exclusives the company needs, the game everybody [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Rush fans who have been waiting eagerly to play along with Moving Pictures in Rock Band since last week's announcement are going to have to wait a little longer. When the new downloadable content failed to arrive yesterday, Harmonix cited a "technical difficulty," hoping the album would be able to arrive soon thereafter. This afternoon, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 25, 2008
Valve, delaying a game? Say it ain't so. Unfortunately, it is so, as Valve has announced today that Left 4 Dead, their co-op zombie-blasting survival shooter, will be releasing a few weeks later than anticipated. The new release date is set for November 20th, 2008, landing on the 10th anniversary of Half-Life, the game that [...]
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