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Technical issues delay PS3 HAWX demo

  • Posted February 12th, 2009 at 08:42 EDT by Steven Williamson
  • 33 Comments

While Xbox 360 gamers are today enjoying taking to the skies in the likes of a Harrier Jet or a Fighting Falcon, Ubisoft has confirmed that PlayStation 3 owners will have to wait for their Tom Clancy's HAWX fix.

The demo was due to be released today on PS3, but it has apparently suffered with technical difficulties. A post on Ubisoft's Twitter page states: "HAWX PS3 demo delayed to Feb 26th, due to the late discovery of an unexpected issue. We apologize for the situation."

Needless to say, it must be a significant issue to delay the demo by an entire fortnight. Hopefully it will be worth the wait.

Tom Clancy's HAWX is scheduled for its full release in North America on March 6 and in Europe on March 13.

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  1. InfiniteRetro

    • 3:48am EST - February 12th, 2009

    jesus christ how hard can it be

  2. gemc666

    • 3:55am EST - February 12th, 2009

    there's 2 things i don't get about the demo releases in Xbox and PSN:

    1.- if Xbox live market place have a size limit of 350 mb (or something like that, i know there's a size limit anyway), and always is the same demos, why the PSN is 80 % of the time bigger?

    2.- Xbox live update isnt mondays? or they update everyday?

  3. mangam

    • 4:10am EST - February 12th, 2009

     This sort of thing happens on both console. Don't see why the issue

  4. JD-82

    • 4:41am EST - February 12th, 2009

    first off, the size limit on the 360 marketplace is only for the Arcade games, the demos are usually upwards of 1GB just like the PS3.

     

    The Xbox marketplace is also updated every wednesday but they filter some content out on other days as well.

     

    On top of this, the game is "meh" at best...i expected more...

  5. Bigdoggy

    • 4:54am EST - February 12th, 2009

    Ubisoft is still pulling this crap.  Although I like tom clancy game's but that is about it.   Still the same bs with ubisoft I see.

  6. tuco4

    • 4:59am EST - February 12th, 2009

  7. Alakratt

    • 5:08am EST - February 12th, 2009

     I can't believe this! I was really looking forward to playing this demo!

    Technical issues MY A%^# !!!!

  8. disposableheroV

    • 5:10am EST - February 12th, 2009

    Nooooooooooooooo! I really want to play this already.

  9. jigglespsu

    • 5:28am EST - February 12th, 2009

    I was waiting eagerly for this ... unlike ubisoft to get something like this so badly wrong ... unless M$ have been out with the chequebook again

  10. Xdeth

    • 5:36am EST - February 12th, 2009

    This makes me wonder if we are just going to get a crappy port job of the game now. If they can't get a demo working up on time, what does that say about the game itself. Guess well have to wait and see.

  11. supamariobrotha

    • 5:44am EST - February 12th, 2009

    yeah i think i know what kind of technical difficulties they're talking about. M$$$$$

  12. saso_7

    • 5:45am EST - February 12th, 2009

    @10 my thoughts exactly...if they can't even get the demo right then what can we expect from the retail game

  13. Whitman

    • 5:57am EST - February 12th, 2009

    for me I go with the M$ conspiracy theory... Ubisoft was planning to sneak out a PS3 version in Europe thinking they could get by with not releasing in US until 26th and M$ said "Noooooo (with check in hand, nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more, say no more) ALL PS3 versions get held up till 26th"... LOL

  14. defpony

    • 6:01am EST - February 12th, 2009

    meh, wasnt interested in this one anyway.....

  15. bungledude

    • 6:18am EST - February 12th, 2009

    This is total BS.Don't kid yourself people,they knew beforehand the demo and most likely the game itself will be delayed.Two wekk delay,come on,give us a freaking break already.I was so looking forward to this demo today,and what a way to get my day started.AAARRRRGGGGGGG.

  16. SAtrooper

    • 6:30am EST - February 12th, 2009

    i laugh so hard at this stupidity, frankly i don´t really care about it, i was kind of interested but think about it they r realesing the demo on the 26 but Killzone 2 comes on the 25. can someone tell me who is really going to get the demo(in europe and australia) and play killzone 2?

  17. Trustter

    • 6:43am EST - February 12th, 2009

    You can't expect too much from Ubiport and all their rental games.

  18. Alakratt

    • 7:17am EST - February 12th, 2009

    @ 9

    I dunno about M$ buying Ubi off, of course it's a possibility. I mean, Ubi won't say that they delayed the demo because M$ payed them, they'll say some other BS...hmm, like this!

    (If exclusivity is indeed the case) So who knows, but really, I'm sick and tired of this "timed exclusivity". Even on demos!!! WTF?!? M$ are truly desperate. They know they're already loosing exclusives like Dead Rising, Lost Planet, (probably) Mass Effect, etc. So, to M$, please just concentrate on your Halo and GeOw franchises, 'cause that's all you have! Oh and that Vaporware called Alan Wake! LMAO!!!

  19. SonyJunkie

    • 8:19am EST - February 12th, 2009

     Complete bull. Ubisoft confirmes it coming out for both consoles. Then later that day, MS says it is going to be exclusive on Xbox LIVE for a few weeks and then Ubisoft said that they saw the tech problem and had to delay it. Seems kind of weird that MS knew about the probem before Ubisoft?? Give me a break.

  20. rick2k7

    • 9:40am EST - February 12th, 2009

    ughhh

  21. Yuk-Yuk

    • 10:10am EST - February 12th, 2009

    wow i was looking forward to this demo. does anyone know why ps3 demos have to install and 360 ones dont?

  22. Solid_X_Snake

    • 10:17am EST - February 12th, 2009

    wats funny is the least they couldve done about this "technical" issue is to at least say wat was wrong mayb ppl would beleive them but the fact that Ubisoft didnt even say a damn sentence explaining the "problem" just shows it right away that M$ had most likely something to do with it.

  23. turton89

    • 10:29am EST - February 12th, 2009

     well thats a lie!! xbox paid them to release it late theyre doing it to all the f*ing demos!!! its uter Bull poo

  24. jocomat9

    • 10:56am EST - February 12th, 2009

    @1....Why are u asking jesus its not his fault

  25. Ballonboy33

    • 11:34am EST - February 12th, 2009

    WTF!  i thoguht the game was meant 2 come out around about then

     

  26. kora5551

    • 12:48pm EST - February 12th, 2009

     yes, the issue was an $X from M$.

  27. dsluckay

    • 2:24pm EST - February 12th, 2009

    Damn!

    I was looking forward to that!

    I can wait!

  28. gameoholic

    • 4:47pm EST - February 12th, 2009

    Yeah, this is BS! It only seems obvious that the PS3 ver would have the problem, and held back for 2 weeks?!! You know M$ forked some $$$ out of there a** for this one.

  29. bungledude

    • 10:24pm EST - February 12th, 2009

    ace combat already

  30. Nachtstahl

    • 1:28am EST - February 13th, 2009

    HOPEFULLY it will be worth the wait

  31. trk29

    • 4:28pm EST - February 13th, 2009

     M$ got exclusive rights to early demo on the Feb 10th and PSN was supposed to get it on the 26th along with PC. But the funny thing is europe PSN was supposed to get the demo on the 12th. Well when the 12th came Ubisoft issued a statement on their twitter page saying it didn't get released due to technical problems with the game..... Seems like M$ is in everybody's pocked these days. Head on over to the Hawx forums and check out the backlashing over this.

  32. monkey1974

    • 1:38am EST - February 14th, 2009

    Is this simulator going to be as good as the Ace Combat series...I doubt it!!!

  33. radgamer420

    • 1:58pm EST - February 14th, 2009

    The final game will propably end up being another shoddy port.

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