Trenched delayed in Europe

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 22 June, 2011

"Challenges with distribution" blamed.

Double Fine downloadable game Trenched has been delayed in Europe.

It was due out on Xbox Live Arcade today.

A Microsoft spokesperson told Eurogamer: "Distribution of Trenched in select European regions will be slightly delayed. We're working to resolve the matter as soon as possible."

Xbox UK's Daniel Maher said on Twitter: "Official line on Trenched's delay is, 'Unexpected challenges with distribution in some European regions.' Shouldn't take long!"

Trenched is Double Fine's take on the tower defense genre.

Priced at 1200 Points, the game sees you attempting to fight off an invading alien army using giant mechs.

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Comments (33) Latest comment 11 months ago

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  • Toothball #1 11 months ago

    I hope this isn't the start of a trend. XBLA releases are usually quite good in Europe. More used to this kind of thing on PSN.

  • Hunam #2 11 months ago

    Well at least the Dungeon Siege 3 demo turned up eventually.

  • Boab #3 11 months ago

    How about finding out what 'Unexpected challenges with distribution in some European regions.' means rather than parroting a twitter feed.

  • Eraysor #4 11 months ago

    What happened? Did it get lost while travelling through the internet from the US? Seriously...

  • Xardan #5 11 months ago

    Ok thats it im moving to America!

  • killuminati2911 #6 11 months ago

    No really.. what kind of distribution problem could arise from an upload of a software on some servers??
    Seriously, a little bit more information could be useful, tough I was wondering why it didn't show up on my Live at lunchtime (Italy).
    Now I know that was a problem..

  • PezzaDispenser #7 11 months ago

    @Eraysor: No, It got stuck in a Trench.

  • adofessex #8 11 months ago

    '...in some European regions.'; So does that include UK?

  • Boab #9 11 months ago

    Voted down for asking for news in a news story, way to go.

  • Flabio #10 11 months ago

    Only thing I can think of would be PEGI issues perhaps?

  • Eraysor #11 11 months ago

    I'm guessing it's a region-specific copyright issue, or something to that effect. Why else would they be unable to release it?

  • TonyCB #12 11 months ago

    Anything to do with live being allegedly attacked??

  • the_dudefather #13 11 months ago

    The boat shipping them across from the US was hijacked by Lulzsec

  • AbracadaverAK #14 11 months ago

    @Boab This probably is news for some people. It's also likely that neither MS or Double Fine would be willing to comment any further.

  • Eraser #15 11 months ago

    <a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-06-22-trenched-delayed-in-europe#comment2412454">@AbracadaverAK
    </a>: But copy/pasting Twitter feeds or press releases isn't exactly journalism. If Eurogamer were a real journalistic entity, then digging further to discover the full truth behind the Twitter message would be their goal. What Eurogamer doing now isn't journalism, it's aggregating news.

    And this article is a very good example of all of this. The delay itself isn't really that interested. The reasoning behind calling it "distribution problems" without any other clarification is what interests me most actually. Why didn't they just give more specific details on this? I find it curious.
    Edited by Eraser at 22/06/11 @ 13:46

  • Roland_D11 #16 11 months ago

    @Eraser

    I think EG is looking into it. But should they have held the news story until they know more about the problem? I don't think so, I didn't know about it before and it is ok to just 'parrot Twitter' to just get the news out that there is a problem. Any backstory can be filled in later in an update or a seperate news story.

  • Mark1412 #17 11 months ago

    There's nothing wrong with informing people who may otherwise have not been in the know why Trenched hasn't shown up, this article is of value to those people.

    Some additional looking into the matter would be nice but there's no reason why EG shouldn't gave reported this. Not everyone follows the MS dude on Twitter or reads the forums.

  • AbracadaverAK #18 11 months ago

    @Eraser

    Sorry, but that's nonsense. The story here is that Trenched is delayed in Europe, and EG are reporting this. As Roland_D11 mentioned, there's every chance that they have asked for clarification on what this means, but the reason is an aside to the main point of posting this: so people are aware that the game has been delayed.

    Just because a website wants to produce journalistic output, it doesn't mean everything they post has to live up to those standards. There are plenty of posts on EG that are added with the sole intention of making people aware, the FIFA 12 release date being a great example. Or would you like them to clarify why it's on the 30th of September and not the week before or after that?

  • KDR_11k #19 11 months ago

    "Distribution"???

    That's what MS gets for forcing publishers on games transmitted entirely via internet.

  • GamesConnoisseur #20 11 months ago

    Finding out exactly what this distribution bs mean is of course on everyone's mind, missed a old copyright issue? Problem with the sensitivities of the plots/themes with some area? Rating certification got held up?

    I don't see why this cannot be released for some European countries and sort out where it's matters unless it's pan European issue?

    Distribution itself via download we know is so easy and that cannot therefore be the problem!

  • Murton #21 11 months ago

    No "we have contacted Xbox UK for comment" line at the bottom? There's a lot of people who have been looking forward to this for a while now and you're reporting that it's going to be late simply because it is and not going to bother with any journalism on the matter? Get it together EG.

    Not that it matters as it would be appear to be exclusive to XBLA for the time being, here's hoping for a PSN release in due course.

  • UKGN_Zoidberg #22 11 months ago

    Get a US membership and download the trial. It's just like Toy Soldiers

  • Murton #23 11 months ago

    "It's published by Microsoft Game Studios, so it won't be coming to PSN."

    Wasn't aware of that, shame as I love a good tower defence game. Oh well, here's hoping it's not an exclusive thing that they're free to pursue publishing deals for other platforms, unlikely but not impossible.

    Don't see why my previous post warrants 3 negs either given that with the exception of the initial reveal there's been sweet fuck all published on this game with the exception of the odd post on the Double Fine website.

  • WinterSnowblind #24 11 months ago

    @Murton
    GiantBomb did quite an extensive QuickLook of the game. And wanting an exclusive game to appear on another system will always get you voted down :)

  • TheJuriel #25 11 months ago

    What the fuck. What possible distribution issues are there with this? Just put it on.

    If this is a localization issue, I am gonna be so annoyed.

  • ejstyles #26 11 months ago

    @TheJuriel Surely you mean localisation? : )
    Edited by ejstyles at 22/06/11 @ 16:15

  • Widge #27 11 months ago

    Diva hissy fits much? Wait for game to come out and then play.

  • Seoh #28 11 months ago

    I wonder if its got something to do with the world war 1 references and the German classification board?

  • eltonpr0n #29 11 months ago

    So a delay in Europe also means it isn't out today in the UK?

    I could see why there could be a problem in Europe due to localisation and multi regional structure of Live. But that shouldn't effect us.

  • IronCladChicken #30 11 months ago

    Looks like its just been removed from the XBox UK Marketplace

  • Grayvern #31 11 months ago

    If Microsoft can be held up by one country then why can't they just release everywhere but there. Europe being treated as a single territory has always been stupid.

  • IronCladChicken #32 11 months ago

    @Grayvern
    It's been released in Norway and Switzerland apparently?

  • WinterSnowblind #33 11 months ago

    Apparently it has something to do with a Nazi salute being in the game. You do have the ability to randomly salute with the analogue stick while walking around lobbies, so this seems quite likely.. And unfortunately means the game could be delayed for quite a while.