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Batman: Arkham Asylum

Batman: Arkham Asylum Delayed?
Written Thursday, April 30, 2009 By Dan Webb
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GameInformer online are reporting that sources close to them are revealing that Eidos are pushing the release of Batman: Arkham Asylum back into the fourth quarter of 2009.

Originally planned for a mid June release, if Arkham Asylum is pushed back till the fourth quarter, it would be for no other reason than to hold their title back until the festive period to maximise profits. Whilst in practice that may seem like a good plan (from a business perspective) but we all know what happened last year.

Eidos, now owned by Square Enix, were unwilling to comment on the speculation.

When we hear anything concrete, we'll be sure to keep you informed.



 
 

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Comment #1 by xxXI Dave IXxx
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 09:12:06 PM
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Please God no!!!!! I am dying for this game to be released. Looks really good, hope this is not true.


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Comment #2 by Vivi
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 09:14:50 PM
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damn, that sucks. Hopefully its not delayed.



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Comment #3 by b2trumpet
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 09:15:00 PM
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I usually don't mind delays, but if a game is delayed then I expect it to be made well. If it's not going to be made any better then releasing in June then what's the point? I hate games that delay, and seems like the developers hardly did anything to the game.


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Comment #4 by Kry121
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 09:15:22 PM
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This would f'ing suck. It's still gonna make good enough money to make a sequel anyways, Why withhold the summers only real AAA title?


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Comment #5 by haveatyousnake
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 09:15:52 PM
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I really hope this isn't true either, they can't release several trailers then suddenly delay it until the end of the year, talk about reeling us in.


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Comment #6 by Trombonafide
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 09:19:30 PM
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I might just cry...


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Comment #7 by The Bryceroy
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 09:27:32 PM
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@4 - This is the only summer Triple-A release? Really? Wow all of those other games I've been really looking forward to clearly don't make the grade! Prototype, Ghostbusters, Splinter Cell: Conviction (maybe), King of Fighters XII, Wolfenstein, Darksiders...not to mention the other games that aren't technically 'Triple-A' and KoF is pushing it.

Yeah I REALLY want Batman too, but sheesh it isn't like there is a LACK of great titles coming in the next few months.


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Comment #8 by blackout529
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 09:29:35 PM
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NOOOOO!!!!!!!


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Comment #9 by SteelCitySkoler
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 09:30:44 PM
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if it is to make the game better, that by all means, delay it, but not too long.


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Comment #10 by Traytonb
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 09:34:37 PM
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bs


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Comment #11 by RenegadeSniper7
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 09:40:55 PM
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Dammit.


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Comment #12 by Webb [STAFF]
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 09:43:29 PM
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@7 - I wouldn't expect Wolfenstein or Splinter Cell in the summer if I were you =P Hell, I wouldn't even expect Darksiders.


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Comment #13 by ROA5T BeeF
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 09:47:50 PM
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I could only imagine this meaning that the game is going to be THAT much better when it does come out. With that much extra time, it should be amazing. Maybe it will be longer.


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Comment #14 by KidDivinegon
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 09:48:46 PM
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should have seen that comming....


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Comment #15 by Judivarious
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 10:00:10 PM
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Push it back, annoy everyone, MUHAHAHAHA!


Just kidding, really looking forward to it, but I've got other games that can keep me busy if it does get pushed back.


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Comment #16 by AustinMc14
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 10:01:53 PM
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i dont think this game is going to b any good.


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Comment #17 by Spandex Stiffy
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 10:07:28 PM
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Did they decide it was good enough for the Christmas market?


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Comment #18 by ArkAngel
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 10:08:01 PM
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I am going to pick up Wolverine tomorrow, that should hold me over til June.. but come on.. they've got demo's out in stores already of the game. Holding it til Xmas.. BIG mistake on their part.


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Comment #19 by oysterboy13
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 10:16:32 PM
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damn this always happens to the games I want. I remember when they held back Dead Rising during the summer. Bioshock was also held until after the summer. Only thing that holding these games back for a latter date was made me want a different game. It seems like releasing games during the summer would be very profitable. I dont know why they do this.


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Comment #20 by mumbles117
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 10:19:25 PM
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poopies, this game was gonna be the definitive reason for me to buy a replacement 360.


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Comment #21 by asilent boom
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 10:19:27 PM
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Considering Prototype, Red Faction, Ghostbusters, Fight Night Round 4, and Tiger Woods also release in June, gives me more time for these. Batman looks amazing and if its a couple more months, its not the end of the world.


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Comment #22 by FYC Punker
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 10:25:05 PM
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well if it is i know im not buying it to many other games coming out later this year ill save my money for.

2 examples i need money for is bioshock 2 and assassins creed 2.


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Comment #23 by DemonI81
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 11:18:35 PM
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Wow... lame.


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Comment #24 by Gorillaz951
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 11:21:12 PM
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Aww....*cries in corner*


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Comment #25 by Bloody Sky
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 11:26:10 PM
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Sad, cause this game is looking pretty sweet. I don't really care much if they push back games a little to make them better, but when companies push back releases just for profits, I kind of think that is pointless.


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Comment #26 by dunderdolt
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 11:28:54 PM
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Yeah. I'd spend money on it now. This holiday season, my money and time will be devoted to other games.

Bastards.


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Comment #27 by ssssssssssssss1
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 11:32:23 PM
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damn, i hate it when companies push games back till the holidays, especially just to make more money.... but honestly, if its a block buster game, who really cares what time of the year its released? example? GTA IV


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Comment #28 by xNightshadow99x
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 11:33:07 PM
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Please give it to me now b/c in the fourth quarter bioshock 2 and halo ODST will be taking up the majority of my time and well other games also, don't do it to me!!!


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Comment #29 by Otonielgt
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 11:36:16 PM
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For #12
Splinter cell is coming out March 2010 with a release of a new Ghost recon Game and Assassins creed


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Comment #30 by ArmyOfPie
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 11:38:40 PM
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Oh God, if this is delayed I'm going to be pissed. I'm all for making the game better, but I'm going to be spending a lot of money during the holidays. Dammit.


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Comment #31 by KillKraZd
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 11:39:56 PM
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This completely sucks.. was looking forward to playing this game over the summer!


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Comment #32 by Cheezbrgr
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 11:45:20 PM
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Might aswell release now. This isnt gonna be able to lick modern warfare 2's feet.


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Comment #33 by itb72
Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 11:57:58 PM
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well that sucks monkey balls, in a good way if dipped in chocolate. that gives me time to actually play and complete the ten games i need to finish before this comes out.


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Comment #34 by FourChan
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 12:00:49 AM
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Batman caught the Swine Flu.


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Comment #35 by Spandex Stiffy
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 12:08:35 AM
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The Prototype and Ghostbusters teams just got their Christmas presents early. Ironic, really.


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Comment #36 by sleepydumbdude
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 12:15:01 AM
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That sucks I probably won't buy it then. Probably end up just renting it but planned on getting it in June since I really didn't have any new games that i wanted besides that.


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Comment #37 by sagemda
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 12:58:48 AM
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q4 2009??? are u f...g kidding me?god


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Comment #38 by y0uNgHoLLyWo0d
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 01:03:44 AM
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are u serious. I want this game so bad reserved it about a week ago. Played the ps3 demo in Gamestop and now this. OMFG.


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Comment #39 by DENAz666
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 01:14:07 AM
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Its only rumour so far, hopefully its stays as only rumour :|


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Comment #40 by xHHx CURT
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 01:17:53 AM
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dont no if this is good or not... June is a busy month and its last on my list that moonth to.. With fight night, splinter cell and prototype coming out the month is going to be crazy


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Comment #41 by pieroglyphic
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 01:19:14 AM
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"no bane.. this time, i break promises"


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Comment #42 by epik499
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 01:30:02 AM
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Delay could be good, tweak the game fix any problems they may have missed, hopefully 1 delay won't turn into 10, if it does in fact delay.


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Comment #43 by Boylin
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 02:35:09 AM
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Isn't Q4 2009 actually Jan-March 2010?


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Comment #44 by thatfrigginguy
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 02:52:57 AM
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:(


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Comment #45 by Freshmaker
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 03:06:26 AM
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well that's good news to probably only me, being that I lack the money right now to get it, especially with the 100 dollar price tag, I am happy to have this announced


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Comment #46 by SuperGaz
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 04:06:32 AM
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I think if they hold it till christmas then its likely to sell even less copies. Im all up for batman but its not top of my christmas list when there is a boat load of great games out in november.

It will most likely just be drowned out by COD 6, Halo:Recon and be lost in the fray, from a business point of view woudlnt they be better releasing it early this autumn?

Seems a really stupid move to me, if its true that is.


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Comment #47 by MrRedrum
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 04:07:02 AM
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My wallet would appreciate the delay... I have enough games to play and would have to hold off on picking this up anyways.


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Comment #48 by Tallyshizzle
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 04:47:21 AM
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This blows.


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Comment #49 by Faithxchaos
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 04:54:12 AM
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Yet again we get the short end of the stick because a company wants to maximise profits!


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Comment #50 by NYZ95
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 05:19:01 AM
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this is so sick that they just delay the game because they want to get more money


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Comment #51 by STZ513
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 05:23:50 AM
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Oh good God please be fake!! Without this there is nothing to get me through the summer!!!


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Comment #52 by Gariom
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 05:31:04 AM
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So, they give us an awesome fighting trailer and then pull out this shit?


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Comment #53 by ShirleyPeanut
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 05:42:49 AM
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Thats fair, i wouldn't want such a great looking game to be rushed in any way, anyone who would is a fool, it really looks like its gonna be worth the wait.


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Comment #54 by sticks117
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 05:58:45 AM
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sumtimes i think things like this are for the best if there fixing or adding to the game


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Comment #55 by Nicespliff
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 06:12:22 AM
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@54 Yeah i agree. I think if a game needs to be delayed it's for the best, you don't want a buggy game when it's released do you.


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Comment #56 by Dr Popodopolus
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 06:15:13 AM
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Yeah this is fine of it still needs a bit of fixing BUT if they are gonna delay it just to maximise profits then.. meh. Modern Warfare 2 is where it will be at... although i'm sure Arkham Asylum would give it a run for its money.


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Comment #57 by tsydrown
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 06:37:59 AM
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No problem with a delay, means I can fully focus on Ghostbusters, they were originally released a week apart in June :-S


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Comment #58 by KRIS DETH
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 06:49:25 AM
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I knew that it being 2 months away was too good to be true :(


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Comment #59 by oneandonlytommo
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 06:49:38 AM
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booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo


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Comment #60 by Chapperz94
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 06:54:09 AM
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how do ypu get your gamertag in this website plz help me??


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Comment #61 by EDLESON2K6
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 06:58:23 AM
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With the way things have been going lately, the DLC for Batman will come out before the game does!


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Comment #62 by griftercjn
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 07:05:20 AM
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@#34- LMAO!!!

Even codemasters is delaying Op 2 till the fall! WTF? Delays for improving quality if the game=acceptable. Delays for "possibly" a bigger release= EPIC FAIL!!!


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Comment #63 by Dox Almighty
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 07:19:19 AM
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Well that's really disappointing. And honestly it doesn't make any sense from a business standpoint.

Foregoing 5 months of sales to have a "bigger release" is idiotic.

Eidos could easily sell 2 million copies in between June and Christmas season, and would STILL sell a ton for the holidays without this "strategic release" hogwash.

Then again it isn't a secret that Eidos is a horribly run company that just got rescued from the brink by a takeover, so I wouldn't be surprised.


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Comment #64 by Jew Tremin
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 07:23:29 AM
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More time to play prototype then!


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Comment #65 by Midnight Malice
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 07:39:51 AM
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If it is because they need more development time and are just keeping that part a secret, good. Games that get pushed back because it needs dev time don't end up doing so well it seems. But pushing it back for profits, thats stupid. They could release this now, and have an Arkham Asylum 2 done by christmas... it doesn't really make much sense either way.

Release now, it is pretty much the biggest release of the next few months, release around X-mas and get buried by bigger titles.... Don't understand the logic behind that decision.


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Comment #66 by Midnight Malice
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 07:47:46 AM
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and since I cant edit my comment.....


@#43 where do you live that 4 quarters = $1.25 cause I need to move there.


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Comment #67 by Mike Loves Beef
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 07:53:36 AM
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c'mon guys, you can't be serious?
this game isn't going to be of high quality if they release it tomorrow or two years from now.


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Comment #68 by jimmy3575
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 08:18:53 AM
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Better be worth the wait!!!!!


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Comment #69 by iTz x Davidnes
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 08:24:06 AM
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couldnt care less


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Comment #70 by GdogTheOne
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 08:31:47 AM
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Dude NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
fourth quarter thats fkn' forever!


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Comment #71 by BORG Dragon
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 09:10:21 AM
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... No new games coming out really that are good until Q4 then... even then... not that many. I was really hoping(and still am!) that it won't be pushed back. If so... someone break into their offices, steal some and send me a copy! Hahah, I only wish -_-


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Comment #72 by sicbass46
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 09:13:00 AM
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#12 splinter cell is due for holiday release. I'm so disappointed as well I was really excited for this game to be here soon!


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Comment #73 by HFX Chris
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 09:24:42 AM
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Ayyyyy


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Comment #74 by Dox Almighty
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 09:34:02 AM
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#71 - what do you consider a "good game"?

These are all games with Q2/3 dates or expected releases (granted I'm sure a couple others will get pushed to November):

Bionic Commando, Damnation, Prototype, Ghostbusters, Fuel, Overlord 2, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, King of Fighters XII, Wolfenstein, Fight Night Rd 4, UFC 2009, Need for Speed Shift, DIRT 2, Bioshock 2, Borderlands, Dark Void, Halo 3 ODST, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, Tekken 6, WET - granted all of these won't be great, but if there's no games on that list you consider "good", then I guess you'll just have to sit around and wait for the next Call of Duty.


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Comment #75 by XxDarkMaster1xX
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 10:24:36 AM
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YES!!!I can buy Prototype AND Batman now.


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Comment #76 by DigitALbuTtoN
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 10:26:58 AM
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This shit blows because people who are going to get the game are going to buy it no matte what time it is released... Bad business move....


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Comment #77 by Soldier117
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 01:07:27 PM
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If thats true it really blows. I've been looking forward to this.


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Comment #78 by MissMorphine
Friday, May 01, 2009 @ 01:54:42 PM
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Gayness to the Max


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Developer:
Rocksteady Games

Publisher:
Eidos

Genre
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US: August 25, 2009
Europe: August 28, 2009

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