Dark Messiah 360 slips again

By Robert Purchese Published 18 September, 2007

Tumbles into early 2008.

Ubisoft has confirmed that Dark Messiah of Might & Magic: Elements has been pushed back into early 2008.

The first-person fantasy action game is now due in the fourth quarter of the publisher's financial year, which means it will be released sometime between January and the end of March.

It follows word from last week that it had been held back until the start of December. But, evidently, it has since found another patch of magical ice to run carelessly across.

Elements is the 360 version of the popular PC game from last year, whose delightfully gruesome source-powered antics prompted us to award it a healthy 8/10.

New to the console port will be revamped controls fit for a pad, Live integration for 10 of you on some fresh maps, plus a fantasy-bucket full of various nips and tucks.

Pop over to our Dark Messiah of Might & Magic: Elements gamepage to see how it's coming along.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (28) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • Garulon #1 4 years ago

    Game noone cares about moves out of crowded winter release schedules shock!

    Sorry EG. It's a thankless task, innit :)

  • souljacker2000 #2 4 years ago

    Im actually looking forward to this

  • Bertie Verified Senior Staff Writer, Eurogamer.net #3 4 years ago

    I'm looking forward to this, too :D

  • Cylinder #4 4 years ago

    The first-person combat in Dark Messiah is second to none. It's a great game.

  • souljacker2000 #5 4 years ago

    So.. garulon as 3 people want it... i should think you should amend your post
    Edited by 1 at 18/09/07 @ 12:05

  • evild_edd #6 4 years ago

    This is faint on the radar for me.... but on the radar nevertheless.....

    If it ends up being a decent port with some quality online options, I may be tempted. Whether tempted is enough to pull me away from Halo 3 and CoD4 (which, I'm sure, will both having amasing and long-lasting MP elements) remains to be seen....

  • Darren #7 4 years ago

    Nice... I'm glad this and other games are being delayed as there's far too many good games coming out between now and Christmas as it is. Sometimes I curse the day I decided to own all THREE current systems... LOL

  • bioreit #8 4 years ago

    Never really got into Oblivion - it still sits on my shelf, watching me, taunting me, noting down every game I play instead of itself - because non-Bioware or Interplay RPGs have always bored my bearded socks off.

    This actually looks like a game I'd buy. And play.

    And you cannot get higher praise from me.

  • Machiavel #9 4 years ago

    Hmm, kicked back but not spiked...

  • zuljin #10 4 years ago

    @bioreit
    "This actually looks like a game I'd buy. And play."

    How about a game you buy, play, AND enjoy? :)

  • Beano #11 4 years ago

    I blaim the PS3 architechture... oh wait... ;)

  • AwesomeWells #12 4 years ago

    Good news, all in all. There's far too many quality releases coming out before Christmas.

  • Beano #13 4 years ago

    I agree... spread the games a bit, publishers :)

  • Rirekon #14 4 years ago

    FFS!

  • bioreit #15 4 years ago

    @ zuljin

    "How about a game you buy, play, AND enjoy? :) "

    That's just plain silly. Honestly - a game that could do ALL THREE? That would be like some kind of gaming utopia, the likes of which can only be dreamt of in the minds of the maddest electronic philosophers and hence, for the rest of us, a mere inconceivable imagining.

    I'm all-joyed out by a game that I purchase and pop in the disc drive - I'd probably explode if I enjoyed the damn things...

  • zuljin #16 4 years ago

    @bioreit
    But but Bioshock?

    /Runs

  • bioreit #17 4 years ago

    @ zuljin

    I fear to even unwrap such a holy receptacle of unbridled entertainment - to do so would surely earn the wrath of the gaming gods, whereby they would foist on me the nefarious fiend that is Jack Thompson, subjecting me to an existence of unending torment, consisting of poorly-spelled emails attacking my intelligence and resolve, as well as questioning my worthiness as a human being and casting doubt as to the legality of my parentage. No doubt I would also be accused of being a 'known associate of Rockstar', a fate surely worse than any mere death could possibly be.

    So I most certainly will not play BioShock - I shall merely gaze at it reverentially from time to time, but not too long, lest I offend it with my imperfect eyes.
    Edited by 1 at 18/09/07 @ 12:44

  • Monkey_Puncher #18 4 years ago

    This would most definetly have been lost amongst the higher profile games, early next year though I might have to check it out.

  • kissthestick #19 4 years ago

    360 hard to develop for

  • Artemis_Matsas #20 4 years ago

    I finished it on a PC, and i think that it is highly recommended.

    I think that it is a good thing taking some more time to iron out bugs. It had it's share on the PC version, not enough to spoil your fun. Without the annoying bugs the game will turn out better still.

  • crazyhorse174 #21 4 years ago

    EDIT:

    Game that Garulon doesn't care about moves out of crowded winter release schedules shock!

    Sorry EG. It's a thankless task, innit :)

    Thats better ;)

  • Garulon #22 4 years ago

    Game almost noone cares about moves out of crowded winter release schedules shock! :)

    There we go!

  • Garulon #23 4 years ago

    Gotta say though, slippage is good right now. There's a ton of good stuff actually spread out over the first half of next year, in addition to the stuff that's actually supposed to come out then. This makes a marked difference to this year, which started Lost Planet (three month wait) Crackdown (two month wait) GH2 (two month wait) BioshockHalo3PGR4HalfLife2MassEffect...

  • kangarootoo #24 4 years ago

    @Garulon

    Loads of people are looking forward to this, foolish boy/girl.

    Drop and give me twenty, and then go brush your teeth with soap as a lesson on speaking without due consideration.

    ;)

  • Triggerhappytel #25 4 years ago

    I haven't played it on PC, but it seems like the sort of game I will definitely check out when I finally get a 360.

    Can't see that the delay is a bad thing for it. Perhaps try to avoid the likes of MGS4, DMC4, GTAIV, Alan Wake and Fable 2 when it's released next year, aswell?

  • Garulon #26 4 years ago

    Game a lot of people care about moves out of crowded winter release schedules shock!

    That's not funny. It's political correctness gone mad!

  • Vandrius #27 4 years ago

    zOMG, the 360 is so hard to develop for, that must be why its delayed!!?@

    Yet another delay for the 360, hahaz0t!>?!

    *coughs*

    That felt strange.

  • Milbe #28 4 years ago

    This is indeed a good game, finished it on the PC. Good atmosphere, good gameplay. Basically Half-life in a fantasy setting. Please stop bashing it. thanks.