Ubisoft delays three titles set for '08
- Posted January 2nd, 2008 at 21:22 EDT by
- 30 Comments
Ubisoft has announced that they will be delaying three games in the 2008 fiscal year. The upcoming titles that will see a push back are Far Cry 2, Tom Clancy's Endwar, and Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway. There are still no set release dates for the titles listed, but we can expect that all will be after April (which is when the 2008 fiscal year begins).
Apparently, the delay is due to monetary concerns and not the fact that the development teams can't finish their respective games. Ubisoft stated that they want to "fill the shelves" to help boost their revenue and up the numbers that will show on their financial reports which are due on February 23rd.
Assassin's Creed, the latest hit from Ubisoft, has already surpassed the three million mark - its inital expectation upon release. Ubisoft now has its sights set on a whopping five million.
Far Cry 2 and Tom Clancy's Endwar are being developed by Ubisoft while Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway is still being developed by Gearbox. Both Endwar and Hell's Highway will be utilizing Unreal Engine 3.
Source: TGR
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encryptioncsta
- 4:28pm EST - January 2nd, 2008
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this is balls man!!!!!
yeah and now i bet all the developers start dropping like flyes all over again!!!
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raptorcardz
- 4:29pm EST - January 2nd, 2008
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Not worth buying anything from ubisoft. Poor company standards.
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D3v1lwqer23
- 4:31pm EST - January 2nd, 2008
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Youre killin me Ubisoft, killin me, bad enough Haze isnt coming til March now, I just plopped down the pre order for it...again...it better not disappoint.
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BD_BLACKAZZ
- 4:50pm EST - January 2nd, 2008
- 6
delays, delays, delays im tried of hearing about delays
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roh_sik
- 4:53pm EST - January 2nd, 2008
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Delay!delay!delay!delay!delay!ahhhh !!enough!don't wants to hear that fu(king word in 08! I had heard enough'Delay'in 07!!plz nomore, whether it is for good reason or bad,just can't hear it!! Just don't annouce the game if u want to fu(king delay it! N Just be straight as infinity ward did with cod4!damn u ubisoft n ea!
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DARKBLADE1
- 4:55pm EST - January 2nd, 2008
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rename the ps3 to delaystation 3 I'm soooo tried of f****** delays!!!!
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NYFAN
- 5:03pm EST - January 2nd, 2008
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@Darkblade1 they didn't say just the PS3 versions... They didn't which version's... So just calm down. Everyone just calm down.. I would rather have a delayed finished game rather than a hurried up crappy game. So just get off the delay thing.. Sch!t happens people...
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Staticneuron
- 5:21pm EST - January 2nd, 2008
- 10
http://www.ubi.com/US/News/Info.aspx?nId=5017
They are talking about the titles. It is safe understanding that they mean for all hardware involved.
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FantasyStar
- 5:32pm EST - January 2nd, 2008
- 11
Not surprised...but makes sense from a company's POV. In the end, it's all about the money and honestly, if that was the case I wouldn't mind then.
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GreyFox666
- 6:29pm EST - January 2nd, 2008
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that sux... but i still look foward to ENDWAR... isn't HAZE coming out in the states like in a week 1/2??? i hope so... i'm looking foward to getting druged up on NECTAR... lol...
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The Cleaner
- 7:25pm EST - January 2nd, 2008
- 15
FarCry 2 will be good (not as awesome as Crysis) but very good. This is one of my top 10 most anticipated titles for 2008 just below Left 4 Dead, Insecticide, Fallout 3 and Spore.
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galaxyman14
- 9:03pm EST - January 2nd, 2008
- 17
I think developers should stop throwing release dates around like candy. Wait until you can commit to a release date before you get our hopes up. I feel like someone's holding a twinkie in front of me and pulling it away at the last second over and over again. For god's sake, at one point I believe H***'s Highway was supposed to be released in the fall of 06. This is bulls***.
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H3LiX
- 10:40pm EST - January 2nd, 2008
- 19
As stated, the delay is due to "monetary concerns". It's not surprising at all tbh due to the production of some games runs into millions (close, if not surpassing the movie industry). Delaying a game until the fiscal year is common practice as the sales will look good on their books etc.
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