Rise of the Argonauts Drops Soon, No Love for the UK

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Dan Webb

Last month it was rumoured that Codemasters' and Liquid Entertainment's RPG, Rise of the Argonauts, was slipping back in to 2009. Well, that's right, but only for the folks in the UK.

Codemasters clarified their release plan recently, confirming that Australia and Europe (excluding the UK) will be receiving their version of the game this Friday, December 12th. North America will be able to pick theirs up on the following Tuesday, 16th. As far as the UK goes, Codemasters simply state that they'll be receiving it in early 2009.

Two things puzzle me here ... Firstly, what's with the short notice? Secondly, what's with the delay in the UK ... It's as if we've suddenly been cast out of Europe ... Oh wait ... So this is how they tell us!?

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  • Boooooooooo :(
  • good point the uk is part of europe
  • But... Codemasters is British. Why would they punish us?
  • US?
  • Bastards..........I bet even Venezuela get it before us!
  • @ #3 - They said US ... They may mean North America though, but after seeing what they've done to the UK, I can't be sure, ha ha.
  • What about Ireland?
  • Perhaps they know the game is going to be shamefully bad and are thus ashamed to release it in their home country?
  • doesnt make much sense... UK is no different to the rest of the EU in terms of video games... we are all PAL.
  • I couldn't care less if we didn't get this in the UK until 20000000000000000000009.
  • its pretty stupid, i dont see why each game has a universal release date, it would be much fairer and easier.
  • #8 Most probable reason so far lol!
  • To be honest I don't know too much about this game. I'll probably rent it or at least wait for the review here.
  • maybe the uk, get a special "cut" version. like germany normally... but i thought the uk has the normal pegi rating so that wouldn't make any sense at all. uk gotta import from somewhere in europe then
  • Anyone getting this game? It looks kind of lame so far I think.
  • Damn, I was looking forward to this aswell. UK gets fucked again. Oh well, we had a good run for awhile, getting many games first this year.
  • cool
  • Well atleast the UK has been getting game deals.
  • Whats the point in that!! why leave your hometown in the dark over the release of Rise of the Argonauts? Unless its really crap.......
  • Great, i'll cancel my pre-order now, not waitin when i could spend my £ on something else
  • That's kind of funny. I used to have these snotty friends who lived in the UK who acted like they were too good to be considered part of Europe. I hope they really wanted to play this game and are happy that they finally got to be separated from the rest of Europe now. :) As for everyone else who's not a jackass in the UK, I don't understand their reasoning either. Seems rather pointless. Surely it wouldn't be that hard to grab an import copy, would it?
  • Wow ... and a Europe-based company does this to boot? (Codemasters is European correct?)
  • I was kinda looking forward to this game lol oh well, i can wait.
  • ive never heard of the game before so whats all the fuss??
  • What,why, they suck i hate them......
  • Iam so upset, this was going to be the best game of all time.......Oh wait my sarcasm meter just blew up
  • #26 lol i agree i couldn't give a shit as this game looks awful
  • it does look bad. . .
  • Oh well game will suck like Turning point fall of liberty
  • Well atleast we get to see and hear and bad/good it is over here first
  • maybe it's a logistic problem? =/ but it really sucks, o well, that means importing it.
  • Arent games in the UK and US usely released like a week before the other europeans? Im not sure tho.. Atleast it couldve been a good game that would be released first here :(
  • has nobody actually thought that maybe the game is glitched slightly so soon after the beta testing, and being a british company they want to produce something to be proud of at home and are therefore ironing out the issues. the rest of the world will just have to patch whilst we at home only have to wait an extra 30 days to get a cleaner game experience, and possibly also addition materials for that extra wait...? it does kinda suck as this game looks so good. but i would rather it be good as well, rather than getting it and having some niggle spoli my fun...
  • @#33 *just point out that by niggle i mean glitch*
  • im willing to bet it wont be much of a big seller in the uk. but atlease we get to see the X360A review before we probly get it.
  • Well I was waiting for this game in September when it was going to be originally released and now I'm just going to wait even longer since I have a lot of other games to play. Plus, I'll be spending my money on other stuff... like a Pioneer Kuro!
  • HAHA! Good save #33/34!
  • I wish england wasnt part of europe.Women actually shave there legs and arm pits here.Anyway if you love this game so much you can order it from any other country in the world.Its region free,but in my opinion the game sucks ass.
  • If you're really desperate to get the game this month then can't we just import it from Europe or Australia as they'll be PAL? It'll probably be more expensive but worth it if you want it so badly.
  • probley cause jason and the argonauts has been played every christmas they know we know the lore of the the game basically lol. That or they think england are the most judgemental people in the world which we are lol.
  • Game looks dump, so I fail to see the problem
  • Not my problem
  • Cancelled my pre-order. Coming from the UK, if they're going to screw me, I'm going to screw them, simple as that really.
  • ill wait for the reviews of this and then decide to order in from abroad or not as it is region free and actually works out cheaper than 40 quid.
  • Come on i need a good new game.
  • BBFC probably.
  • NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • holy crap Australia gets a game first...WTF? >.< I'm probably waiting for a review on this before I buy it but it does sound like an interesting game.
  • the uk just got pwnd
  • Yes, we got pwned, now the rest of the world gets to have its eyeballs shat on by this turgid looking tripe before us, why I'm so gutted I could cry...
  • @ # 7 are you retarded? Ireland is part of the UK numbnuts. Codemasters is british? i knew there was something off about them. still can't convince myself to go back and play Overlord. Dirt was decent tho.
  • They might be giving the Uk a special version.... highly unlikly but it may be true.
  • @51, Only North-Ireland is part of the UK, but I think in that in the game business, Ireland is in the same logistics area as the UK
  • This is a POS anywho :)
  • Who cares the game is gonna be a 7.5 kind of game anyways a rental at best.
  • No one should be worrying about this anyway. From what I have seen of the previews the game is going to be terrible. It almost seems like a cheaper rip off of Too Human and that game was terrible. Who cares about the game seriously. And who really needs to give a damn about who gets games first. It's whatever.
  • Its region free for god sake!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Most likely reason for the UK delay is that the BBFC haven't classified it yet and they can't announce a release date until its been classified and allowed to be sold.
  • Looks rubbish anyway
  • Maybe the game sucks soo hard it destroys all consoles and they won't let this happen to the brittish people. Just a theory XD
  • If you really want this game and you live in the UK. Pre-order from a french website that will ship to the UK :) Cheap shipping as they're close by and you won't have to wait!
  • Who cares about this game??? There are plenty of games already out that would destroy this. Codemasters are rubbish developers.
  • COOL I'M AN AUSTRALIAN THIS MIGHT MAKE UP FOR THE NOVEMBER 7TH 2008 RELEASE OF ROCKBAND 1 IS AUST
  • gutted
  • Only Northern Ireland(not North-Ireland, idiot) is part of the UK. So the Republic of Ireland should get it.
  • I am not going to get this crap ass game anyway
  • It's Codemasters anyways. Need I say more?
  • Looks like a crap game anyway.
  • this game is gonna suck anyway
  • damn i cancelled my oz preorder as release was late 09!
  • Haha I already got this game bitches! ~Peace
  • not a huge loss really but does get annoying that we get stiffed over almost EVERYTHING! oh well back to fallout x]
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