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Army of 2008.

EA's Army of Two, originally planned for a November release, has been delayed until early 2008, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

"Army of Two has potential to become a lasting EA franchise - so getting the first title right is essential," Frank Gibeau, head of EA Games, said in a statement.

The company said it needed time to "polish" the co-op shooter, which is being programmed for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter expected the game to earn approximately USD 54 million in revenue during EA's third quarter.

"It's an important game for them if they hope to establish it as a franchise," Pachter told Reuters.

Army of Two sees players collaborating as a mercenary duo who can combine their abilities to perform various puzzle and combat solving co-op manoeuvres.

Key to the multiplay is a system of "Aggro" - similar to that of MMOs - where one player can draw enemy fire, leaving another to operate with relative impunity.

Read more about all of that on our Army of Two 360 and Army of Two PS3 gamepages, homes to first impressions and an interview with lead designer Chris Ferriera.

To see our co-op partners, visit GamesIndustry.biz. They're rubbish at Gears, though.

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symbiote #1 4 years ago

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"Army of Two has potential to become a lasting EA franchise"

Is there anything EA do that ISN'T a lasting franchise?
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symbiote #2 4 years ago

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"Army of Two has potential to.."

...be completely ignored amidst all the quality titles coming out in November.

Fixed.
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symbiote #3 4 years ago

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Wow. Back to bed Mr. Cynical!
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Tiel #4 4 years ago

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Worth waiting for the ds version? ;-
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bushwod #5 4 years ago

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@symbiote

+1
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DonnieDarko333 #6 4 years ago

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damn. i understand delaying it to polish it more but did they have to do it 3 weeks before release?!

this won't be the last AAA title to be delayed till next year, wait and see....
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MrFlintBlackman #7 4 years ago

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Oh shoot, the only EA game worth buying this year delayed. Maybe there are putting all the staff on fixing that shitty simpson demo level, who am I kidding!
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KingOfIceland #8 4 years ago

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That leaves time for me to play CoD4, Kane & Lynch, Mass Effect, Super Mario Galaxie.....
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Spydez #9 4 years ago

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@MrFlintBlackman

Skate and Orange Box don't tickle your fancy then?
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souljacker2000 #10 4 years ago

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everytime a video for this is released, they look worse n worse, good job i say, more polish
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DUFFMAN5 #11 4 years ago

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Does any fookin game make the original street date. I'm sure they do, but the ones I want (I'm very selfish) never seem to. Alan Wake....Alan When more like!, Resi Evil, AITD,
Slaters
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t8yman #12 4 years ago

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obviously delayed because the PS3 coding is taking longer than expected

/hides
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the_sas_man #13 4 years ago

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Absolutely spot on Symbiote.

Army of Two actually looks quite nice and in a games drought will sell by the bucket loads. But it doesnt stand a chance of getting a look in this season with Assassin Creed, Mass Effect, PGR4, PES 2008, Halo 3, Half-Life 2 etc being top of peoples christmas list.

No chance at all.
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Monkey-Wizard-Ken #14 4 years ago

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PS3 version is currently running at 8 frames per second?
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MrFlintBlackman #15 4 years ago

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@Spydez

The Orange box isn't EA is it?

I can't see that giant EA logo slapped on the box anywhere.
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Derblington #16 4 years ago

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Orange Box is published my EA and the PS3 version is being handled by them.

What I've played of Army of Two was promising but it did need some polish - I'm glad they're keeping it back to improve on it.
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t8yman #17 4 years ago

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@MrFlintBlackman

on my copy of the orange box, there is an EA logo just above the disc stay inside the case.
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slickster #18 4 years ago

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i dont mind about this game,theres a lot of grate games out in november and december plus january for the ps3,one game dont matter to me i dont have the money to buy them all (
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Darren #19 4 years ago

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Army of Two delayed...

Good! Too many games out this side of Christmas so I wouldn't have bought this in 2007 anyway. The more games that are delayed, the better, not particularly because I can't afford them, more because I just wouldn't have the time to play the buggers!
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bonker #20 4 years ago

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"obviously delayed because the PS3 coding is taking longer than expected

/hides "

Have to admit that this was my first thought too

Gotta be something seriously wrong to miss the Xmas sales bonanza ...
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t8yman #21 4 years ago

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I think its a wise move, it would just get buried among all the other AAA titles that are due over the next 8 weeks. I look forward to its arrival.
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Drakron #22 4 years ago

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Yes but by being delayed to 2008 means loosing the sales rush of the holidays.
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captain-future #23 4 years ago

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*sniff*
Army of TWO-thousand-and-eight...

I want this game to be good!
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YourMessageHere #24 4 years ago

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Delayed so you can knock together a PC release? Noooo of course not. I forgot that PC gamers only like DM and capture the motherfucking flag for multiplayer modes.

I've been playing co-op Quake this week. Co-op even made Doom 3 good. Why can't we PC people have co-op games out of the box? Why do we have to rely on mods to give us co-op?
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