Hot off the Nintendo of Australia SMTP server comes some information we’ve all been waiting for. While some leaked information regarding the European release led many to believe we’d be getting Super Mario Galaxy on November 16th, Nintendo have now confirmed the release date will be nearly two weeks later on November 29th. Hooray.
We’re hoping you didn’t get your hopes up over the BioShock demo, because we did. It was announced earlier today that eager (and extremely patient) PC gamers could finally get their mitts on the Bioshock demo today through Fileshack and other sources.
Hours later though, 2K Games proceeded to crush those hopes into the ground, telling Shacknews that the demo will not be available Friday, but “probably” Monday.
EA and Crytek announced today that Crysis will be available in North America and Europe on November 16. Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli thanked fans for their support and patience, reassuring us that the E3 winner is “going to be worth the wait.”
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Publishers Take Two have announced that Grand Theft Auto IV will be pushed back from its planned October 12 release, and will now hit shelves some time during the second fiscal quarter of 2008.
Straus Zelnick, chairman of Take Two, had the final say in the decision, which arose from “almost strictly technological problems… not problems, but challenges.” The company viewed the most recent build yesterday, but made their verdict today to allow additional development time.
You can imagine the frustration felt by Saints Row 2 developers Volition, who pushed back their release date to avoid competition with GTA IV.
Despite the bad news, CEO Ben Freder reassured the public that:
We are in sound financial condition and have a great product line-up. Grand Theft Auto IV is going to be the defining next generation videogame action adventure.
News of the delay of GTA IV announced at the close of NASDAQ trading, precipitated an 18% drop in share prices during the after-hours session of trading. A further drop tomorrow is not unlikely.
After an agonizing wait, Wii owners across Europe will finally get their hands on Super Paper Mario on September 14th. While localization issues might be an appropriate excuse for Europe’s belated release, we’re unsure as to why Australians are still left playing the waiting game.
via GoNintendo
Xbox Live general manager JJ Richards had the following to say to CVG regarding the upcoming launch of Video Marketplace in Europe.
It’s going to be a country at a time, […] We’re going to have to get it right for each country; the rights, as well as the operation and localisation for each country. That will be our implementation rollout. So rather than hold everybody up we’d rather turn on France when we get enough French content and French rights, we’ll turn on the UK when we get UK, we’ll turn on Italy when we get Italy.
Still no word on an Australian launch - inexcusable, given that RealPlayer launched in Australia just last month, already has tons of content, and it’s all-you-can-eat. If Real can manage the international licensing of video content, and only charge half the price of an Xbox Live Gold account (or free if you’re willing to put up with ads), Microsoft need to pull their finger out.
