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2K president Christoph Hartmann reckons this Christmas season could see fewer amazing games released than last year's.
"I think this holiday season is a little bit lighter in triple-A games than last year. It's actually a good holiday to put something out," Hartmann told GameSpot after the publisher announced Borderlands' 23rd October release date.
Hartmann further explained that the decision to push Mafia II, Red Dead Redemption and BioShock 2 into 2010 was taken in order to ensure they all come out tiptop.
"I think it has nothing to do with the release window," he said of the delays. "It's that the quality bar goes higher and higher. Ultimately, to be commercially successful, you need a triple-A product. And everyone knows pushing a product out the door just isn't going to get you there, so they're going to do the right thing."
He said Borderlands could be "one of the big surprises of the year". You can see whether we agree in our hands-on preview next week.
Finally, Hartmann also took the David Reeves Award for elaborate metaphors as he tried to explain the company's strategy in recent times.
"Three or four years ago, we had a little seed. We put it out in the field and wanted to grow an apple tree," he began.
"We had two nice apples there with The Darkness and BioShock. Then there was the apple called Civilization, which was a little bit of an import.
"But now the tree's going to blossom. It's going to have more and more fruits, and I think you'll see that. Borderlands is going to be one of those perfect apples on there."
Fruity.
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beastmaster
24/07/09 @ 09:08
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Seems that there's quite a few which have been moved to March. After last Xmas, this is probably a good idea
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BillyBrush
24/07/09 @ 09:16
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I think 2k were a bit more ballsy with Bioshock and The Darkness (both of which were indeed Pink Ladys)...Bio2, i can beleive might need more work, what with shoehorning MP into a game that doesn't need it and it seeming...a bit..off in terms of direction. But Red Dead, i'm not so sure that wasn't just looking for a better release window, which is fair enough itself.
Considering the darkness was such a rosy apple, it seems odd that they didn't snap up publishing of Riddick from Starbreeze as i can't beleive Atari could have bid higher than them for that...that was a tasty granny smith they passed up |
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donnie080208
24/07/09 @ 09:30
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still a good end of year for games with bad company2 ,mw2,dirt2 nfs shift,op flashpoint dragon rising etc. imo its not any worse than last year,looking forward to all these games.glad they delayed bioshock2 ,red dead etc so early next year gets off to a great start instead of the usual lulls
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lord_jamie
24/07/09 @ 09:46
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Umm, what about the following list (all due for release between October and December on PC):
FIFA 10, Dragon Age: Origins, Alpha Protocol, Borderlands, Modern Warfare 2, Assassin's Creed 2, Left 4 Dead 2, StarCraft II: Terrans - Wings of Liberty, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Max Payne 3, Dead Rising 2, Beyond Good & Evil 2 (unlikely, I know!) I'm fairly sure the majority of those will be triple A. |
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donnie080208
24/07/09 @ 10:24
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im sure dirt2 will will do both jamie.plus imo it looks visually the best game this gen(racers) as was GRID superb nothing wrong with a bit of variety instead of "just"rallying
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Vertical Stand
24/07/09 @ 10:29
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There's far too many big games coming out this holiday season on the 360, PS3 and PC, but add in a strong PSP line up as well as cultish titles like IL2, Scirbblenauts, Tales of Symphonia 2 coming out going to be a real struggle for many games to get noticed, and with a very strong spring offering, can well see myself not being able to buy a number of games I'm interested in until next summer.
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It's about time we had a Christmas with fewer triple A games because, let's be honest here, there are normally far too many to choose from anyway.
That said, so long as I can buy Forza 3, Uncharted 2, Ratchet & Clank Crack in Time and DiRT 2 this year then I really couldn't care less about any of the other games really. |
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commissar\'s_handgun
25/07/09 @ 06:31
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Actually for me there are a lot more games I'm interested in this Xmas. Can't wait for Dragon Age and Alpha Protocol.
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EarlBassett
26/07/09 @ 11:08
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What's wrong with the term 'blockbuster'?
Where did 'triple A' come from. Its stupid |
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IronCladChicken
26/07/09 @ 11:16
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@EarlBassett
I guess glam rock just isn't as popular as it used to be. |
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There may well be fewer AAA titles coming this year from 2K, but the industry on the whole over the next 6-8 months for me is looking absolutely stunning. I don't ever remember being so excited about so many games. I'm looking forward to Operation Flashpoint 2, Modern Warfare 2, Forza 3, Bioshock 2, Aliens: Colonial Marines, Mass Effect 2 and Borderlands. With second-hand purchases of Riddick and Call of Juarez still yet to be purchased, followed by Left4Dead 2 (assuming it's longer than 3.5hrs this time) second hand when it's reached the price it should be! Two previous sequels have fallen to such a low now, I'll not be adding Colin McRae or ProEvo to the list, which saves a bit money, and allows more time to be spent on the games I buy.
Agree with the Dirt comments. It was once a great series that I always purchased and loved, but I'm just not American enough or young enough to 'appreciate' it now! I don't get how buggies and trucks, as slow as they are, are any where near as exciting as racing along the side of a mountain, or across snow and ice covered roads, or through woods and forests in a proper state-of-the-art rally car. I guess big flat dirt trails are easy for the arcade-driving lovers, and stupid man-made American tracks are designed for a different type of gamer to me! It's ok though, someone will make a proper rally game again in future, and Forza will fill my need for speed in the meantime. |
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