Bionic Commando PSN delayed

By Tom Bramwell Published 8 August, 2008

14th August in US but "TBC" in Europe.

Capcom has stuck a "TBC" note on the PlayStation 3 version of Bionic Commando Rearmed, which we had hoped to see on 14th August.

That's when the US version releases - a day after the global launch of the downloadable platform shooter on Xbox Live Arcade.

But it looks like Sony's insistence on broad localisation has caught another Capcom game in its net - after similar delays to the PSN launches of Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 and 1942: Joint Strike.

Capcom confirmed to Eurogamer this morning that the game's PSN release is TBC, but recent comments by Sony Europe boss David Reeves presumably hold the clue to the answer.

"When the US launch, we could launch in Australia and we could launch in New Zealand and the UK, but if we did that then our colleagues in Italy and France and Germany and Spain would not be very happy, so we've chosen to stick to the strategy of doing it pan-European and pan-Australia and New Zealand," Reeves told us at E3.

Capcom wouldn't be drawn on a current release estimate for BCR on PSN in Europe, but the best-case scenario is a simple one-week delay. When it does launch, you'll be asked to pay GBP 6.99 / EUR 9.99.

Meanwhile, the PC version - due out on Steam, Direct2Drive, Gamer's Gate and other digital distribution platforms - is due worldwide on 14th August for USD 14.99.

Bionic Commando Rearmed is a reimagined version of classic NES title Bionic Commando in which players navigate 2D platform levels using a grappling hook rather than a jump button.

As well as a significant single-player game Rearmed includes a range of Challenge Rooms to test your grapple skills, along with local co-operative and four-player competitive multiplayer options.

Look out for our review next week and in the meantime check out our recent Bionic Commando Rearmed hands-on preview.

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About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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Comments (31) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • rufus_the_stunt_bum #1 4 years ago

    let me guess ... deplayed due to localization... it is so hard to convert US English to UK English...

  • Dizzy #2 4 years ago

    So the 360 version is not localised?

  • Beano #3 4 years ago

    @rufus_the_stunt_bum : You should read the article.

  • Doctor_What #4 4 years ago

    @ Rufus: In the article they say that they could release in the UK and Oz at the same time as the US, but that would make the rest of Europe angry. Gamers do have a tendancy to be rather vitriolic, so I can't blame them for trying to avoid making Europe annoyed.

  • IronCladChicken #5 4 years ago

    So they've pissed off 100% of the people instead of only 75%?

  • NumberNone #6 4 years ago

    So instead of making the non-English speaking countries angry, they choose to make the English speaking ones angry....sounds like a nonsense to me. I think they wcould equally argue that they are releasing the English version first and a multi-lingual version for non English speakers later.

  • Goodfella #7 4 years ago

    Here's a thought. How about releasing it globally, simultaneously, like Microsoft do. Just a thought.

    Oh wait, we're talking SCEE here aren't we, how silly of me.
    Edited by 1 at 08/08/08 @ 09:39

  • bad09 #8 4 years ago

    I really can't see the problem, MS can do it why not SCEE?

    Reeves give MS a call they may have some pointers for you....

  • Octoroc #9 4 years ago

    It's a Capcom issue rather than a SCEE issue though isn't it?

    There can't be that much localisation (spelt with an 's' this is EUROgamer after all) in Bionic Commando though...

    It doesn't really matter though does it? It's a videogame not an organ transplant.

  • Steroyd #10 4 years ago

    I really can't see the problem, MS can do it why not SCEE?

    Reeves give MS a call they may have some pointers for you....

    There's a reason why MS is suffering outside the UK in Europe...

  • MrGilder #11 4 years ago

    Cocks...

  • rufus_the_stunt_bum #12 4 years ago

    Beano / Doctor_What - i didn't need to read the article, as I knew it would boil down to the same lame excuse... sorry but it annoys the hell out of me that Sony Europe can't get their act in gear.



  • mcwildcard #13 4 years ago

    Anybody got David Reeves' email address?
    He needs to be told what an utter penis he is.
    It's for his own good.

    So the French will get miffed at us if we get stuff earlier?
    Now by opening his fat trap, us Brits will be getting miffed at the French for holding everything up.

    Not the sharpest tool in the box is he?
    Emphasis should be given to the word 'tool' there btw.

  • bad09 #14 4 years ago

    @ Steroyd

    What do you mean mate? Is there issues with Live Europe I'm unaware of?

  • rufus_the_stunt_bum #15 4 years ago

    anyone here purchase from the us ps store using a uk credit card?

  • Steroyd #16 4 years ago

    So the French will get miffed at us if we get stuff earlier?
    Now by opening his fat trap, us Brits will be getting miffed at the French for holding everything up.

    Not the sharpest tool in the box is he?

    Damned if he do, damned if he don't.

    If he kept his trap shut, we'd still be pissed off asking him why it takes so long for things to get here, at least this way we don't ask Reeves every bleeding second, but just re-quote what he said a month ago.

  • TheWretched #17 4 years ago

    F*ck it... I don't want a german version... At least give me the choice to dl it without it, instead of delaying it, you cock

  • Beano #18 4 years ago

    @rufus_the_stunt_bum : I agree, but the article talks about localization being the reason (again) so no need to quess what's the reason.. it's in the article :)

    I wish SCEE will soon realize that European gamers do not want to wait for localized version and just release english versions first.
    They can always release updates with more languages when and if they become available. GEE!!
    Edited by 2 at 08/08/08 @ 10:28

  • guybrush #19 4 years ago

    That's OK Sony we are you biggest market and the love is unconditional for the Playstation brand is always number one no matter how bad it get's, you only have to worry if someones treats us even worse then you will be number 2 .... oh wait that already happened

  • Darren #20 4 years ago

    Well 1942 has yet to make an appearance on the EU PS Store despite being released in the US and EU on the 360 and US for the PS3 some THREE weeks ago!

    So it is no surprise to me that Bionic Commando Rearmed is not launching on the PS3 here at the same time as the US. Localisation must be just as much of a bitch for SCEE as it appears to be for Nintendo Europe too... funny how Micrsoft and its third party publishers don't seem to have any such issues and even manage simultaneous launches for about 97% of Xbox 360 software, whether XBLA or disc-based.

    What galls me is why we as an English speaking nation have to wait for localised games... why don't we just get the US version at the same time as them and let the rest of Europe wait for their's? I can live with odd spellings and it's certainly better than having to wait, something that is almost alien to the average Xbox 360 owner! Tut... Sony and Nintendo alike should be ashamed of their 90s approach to localisation IMO.

  • Beano #21 4 years ago

    Amen!

  • Darren #22 4 years ago

    I should add that all this localisation crap wouldn't be such a big deal if (a) all PSN games had trial demos as we can download them from the US anyway; and (b) we could purchase them using UK credit cards. Personally I'd rather use the US PS Store anyway as it has more content and gets demos and videos weeks before Europe do. In fact, I get 95% of my games demos from there anyway as I'm sure many other UK PS3 owners do.

  • woodnotes #23 4 years ago

    PS3lol

    etc

  • muscleblade #24 4 years ago

    @Darren

    Whos talking about demos?

    This is a complete game.

  • rufus_the_stunt_bum #25 4 years ago

    @Darren - spot on, agree totally.

  • Darren #26 4 years ago

    @musclebalde - I'm talking about the PSN offering playable demos for ALL games like on the Xbox 360 (I noticed that 1942 on the US PS Store can only be bought whereas the 360 version has the full and trial versions; had there been a trial I could have tried it three weeks ago) as well as being able to buy them from the US Store. It's no good just offering the full games is it if a rival console also has trial demos? Why the inconsistency and why don't Sony release trial demos for all their games anyway?

    Why Sony feel the need to be five years behind Microsoft when it comes to localisation and demos I don't know but then I've heard the PS3 doesn't support 60Hz with SD games and still plays DVDs in shades of green with RGB SCART so I guess I shouldn't be surprised really. LOL

  • muscleblade #27 4 years ago

    @Darren

    "Why the inconsistency and why don't Sony release trial demos for all their games anyway? "

    I didnt know this. Kind of strange that they dont.

    Btw its MuscleBLADE not MuscleBald - my hair is fine.

  • Darren #28 4 years ago

    Ooops, that was a typo... sorry! LOL

  • BlackZam #29 4 years ago

    SCEE hates us...

  • krokomkiller #30 4 years ago

    Sounds to me as if the real reason is (again) problems with the ps3 development due to the tricky hardware.

  • cawley1 #31 4 years ago

    My God... All this EuroMoaning.

    I've said it before and I say it again, go to http://www.entropay.com/ sign up, add some funds and buy the US one when it is released!

    Not all that difficult.