Jurassic Park: The Game delayed

By Fred Dutton Published 27 April, 2011

Pre-orders get full refund and free game.

Telltale Games' forthcoming Jurassic Park video game tie-in will now launch in the Autumn, rather than later this month as originally planned.

A statement from the publisher explained that it needed a little more time to add extra polish.

"Our goal was to release the first episode of Jurassic Park: The Game this month, and currently we are very excited about how the game's creation is progressing," wrote CEO Dan Connors.

"The game's mechanics and storytelling have come together in such a way that we see great potential, so much so that we feel we can push these elements to the next level if we spend some extra time working on them.

"It is because of this that we are delaying Jurassic Park: The Game on PC to ensure PC players get the best possible gaming experience.

"We'll be investing the extra time into making the game great and it will be released simultaneously on every platform this fall," he added. "We regret any disappointment on the part of our fans but we are confident you'll be pleased with our decision when the game comes out."

Telltale is refunding all pre-orders for the game and offering customers who had already stumped up the cash a free Telltale title of their choice as added compensation.

"We will begin issuing the refunds over the next couple of days and will reach out to you with information via email on how to get your free game," explained Connors.

Telltale certainly has a lot on its plate right now. As well as Jurassic Park, it also has Law & Order: Los Angeles, Puzzle Agent 2, The Walking Dead, Fables, Hector: Badge of Carnage and a new Kings Quest title at various stages of development.

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Comments (10) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • randompanda #1 1 year ago

    That's a nice gesture. Glad to hear they're not in a rush to put it out then!

  • Hobo #2 1 year ago

    Far more interested in seeing some of what they're doing with The Walking Dead personally.

  • Dave_McCoy #3 1 year ago

    I wondered if they could handle this many projects all at once.

    Fair play for not rushing out a shoddy product though. Now where's BttF Ep 4? :-)

  • filipo #4 1 year ago

    Jurassic Parp.

  • DreadedWalrus #5 1 year ago

    I'm ever so slightly going off on a tangent here, but Telltale's customer service is impeccable. Way back when they started making the Sam & Max games I would get a CTD that I couldn't find any other information on the net about, and wasn't fixed by reinstalling the game, updating it, using newer/older drivers e.t.c., so I emailed them for assistance.

    We never worked out what the problem was (it doesn't happen with the newer series), but damn, they tried. Weeks of back and forth emails, always promptly replied to by them, always friendly, and in the end it was me that decided to give up on finding a solution to the problem, not them.

  • rprince #6 1 year ago

    I don't get why they are refunding. Does that mean the pre-orders are cancelled? Surely those who pre-ordered still want it?

  • callum9999 #7 1 year ago

    Yeah, I personally wouldn't have cancelled them all - just sent an email giving them the option to cancel because of the delay.

    Though their thinking is probably people may not want to wait that long with it so want the money back to buy something else. Unusually kind for a business!

  • neilka #8 1 year ago

    Worth noting that the free game voucher they're giving out can actually be used to get the full season of Jurassic Park for free when it is eventually released!

  • Haunted_Tree #9 1 year ago

    This wasn't looking so hot in the previews - people were expecting a traditional Telltale adventure and got a series of weak Quick Time Events unrelated to the movie.

    Hopefully some extra time will let them rethink. They always produce quality games but this seemed a bit outside their comfort zone.

    Heavy Rain with dinosaurs does seem an interesting idea though ...


  • pantherboy #10 1 year ago

    Isn't this like 15 years too late already? *just jokes!*