Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock PC release still planned

By Tom Phillips Published 26 January, 2012

Despite PlayStation console exclusivity.

The PC version of Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock will still release in Europe despite Sony's announcement of PlayStation exclusivity, BBC Worldwide has confirmed to Eurogamer.

Sony yesterday revealed it had secured the game as a PlayStation exclusive in European territories.

But that does not mean the planned PC version has been canned in Europe, just that Sony has the exclusive console rights to the title.

Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock will launch first on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. The PC release will then follow at a later date.

In the US there is no similar console exclusivity deal for the game, but all planned versions of the game will get a global release, Eurogamer understands.

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Comments (16) Latest comment 2 weeks ago

  • uninspiredcup #1 4 weeks ago

    Congratulations on not letting more people play the game Sony.
    Really fucking proud of you.

  • xavier_dragoon #2 4 weeks ago

    @uninspiredcup *cough, cough* MS SUMMER OF ARCADE *cough*...

  • Bulbatron #3 4 weeks ago

    I don't normally indulge in these sorts of posts, but as an Xbox 360-owning Doctor Who fan...

    FUCK YOU $ONY YOU MISERABLE CUNTS! I'M NOT BUYING A PLAYSTATION 3, SO FUCKING DEAL WITH IT! OH, AND FUCK YOU TOO BBC FOR GREATLY REDUCING SALES OF YOUR GAME! I HOPE IT BOMBS!

    Ok, not twrribly helpful or constructive, and it didn't even make me feel better. :-(

  • DrStrangelove #4 4 weeks ago

    Doctor who?

  • markopoloman #5 4 weeks ago

    @CheeseChipsAndBeans

    My 1st response to this was to call you a cock! But being more adult about it I decided to just call you a cock anyway!

  • Optimaximal #6 4 weeks ago

    Doesn't charging for this in the UK fly in the face of the license fee?

    I mean, isn't that the reason The Adventure Game was free in the UK & charged for elsewhere?

  • bad09 #7 4 weeks ago

    @marcopoloman

    He's just a sock that will eventually get banned again and set up another sock. Just laugh at him, it was a pretty funny troll for him to be fair.

  • penhalion #8 4 weeks ago

    Hang on this is the BBC! Paid for by my license fee! In what frakking reality can they sign an exclusivity agreement and limit the availability of this game?

  • bad09 #9 4 weeks ago

    I doubt they are using license fee money to make it penhalion...or least I certainly hope they are not using the TV tax to make video games!

  • Darren #10 4 weeks ago

    All the previous Doctor Who Adventure Games have been FREE to UK license holders (well, you can download it even if you don't have a licence!) but does this PS3 exclusivity mean that Sony will not be giving this game away free?

    To be honest, for nought pence it's hard to criticise the games but they're really not that great IMO, having played them all to date. The graphics are nice (the camera less so) and it's great to have the cast doing the voice-acting but the actual gameplay is simplistic and often repetitive. When they're free you can overlook that but I'm not sure I'd be willing to actually BUY one unless they've improved dramatically.

  • kosigan #11 4 weeks ago

    @Bulbatron - like Microsoft has never paid large sums of money for exclusives either. GTA IV episodes, anyone?

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #12 4 weeks ago

    I'm not sure why everyone is making such a fuss, that trailer makes it looks thoroughly dreadful. Just like the wii game was, in fact.

  • Bulbatron #13 4 weeks ago

    @kosigan Yes, I know, I know. I was just venting. If the situation had been reversed, I'd still have felt the same way.

    All the exclusivity crap that happens really annoys me - no matter which platform has the exclusivity. I understand why it happens - it's business etc etc, but it's still very annoying.
    Edited by 1 at 26/01/12 @ 19:31

  • Optimaximal #14 4 weeks ago

    @penhalion See: Formula One

  • Peripherus #15 2 weeks ago

    @penhalion How have they limited the availability of the game?? This website just has a ton of made up things on it. The game is being released worldwide and there was never any doubt it was coming on pc. This website made it up. The official game website was saying that the game was coming on pc worldwide when this website was saying otherwise. The information given on the website is false!

  • Peripherus #16 2 weeks ago

    How have they limited the availability of the game?? This website just has a ton of made up things on it. The game is being released worldwide and there was never any doubt it was coming on pc. This website made it up. The official game website was saying that the game was coming on pc worldwide when this website was saying otherwise. The information given on the website is false!