Dark Sector in Jan '08

By Robert Purchese Published 14 June, 2007

Pushed back for tweaking.

A spokesperson for D3 Publisher has confirmed that Dark Sector will be released in January 2008, both in Europe and the U.S.

It was previously expected towards the end of this year, and the extra time will let developer Digital Extremes apply more polish, the spokesperson told Eurogamer.

It follows comments made by the publisher to IGN that it was moved to avoid a busy Q4 release schedule.

Dark Sector is a shooter for PS3 and Xbox 360 that puts you in control of a chap called Hayden. After a nasty collision with a secret science experiment, he finds himself with a shiny metal arm and a bunch of new abilities.

Despite its somewhat generic appearance, it actually shares more in common with Zelda than more obviously similar games such as Gears of War. There are logical chain puzzles to break up the action, for instance, which require you to use your surroundings to overcome them. There's also more than one way to see off a bunch of no good low down dirty punks.

Rob Fahey went and canoodled with the the game recently, and was pleasantly surprised. Pop over to our Dark Sector preview for a closer look.

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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. @Clert on Twitter.

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Comments (4) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • SBfistfun #1 5 years ago

    SB prefers dark erector....daaAAAMMMNNNN

  • souljacker2000 #2 5 years ago

    Well done, make it good so it stops me playin bioshock

  • Kiigan #3 5 years ago

    It's heartbreaking though, to see how much this game has changed from the original trailer footage.

  • menage #4 5 years ago

    Seeing how well Lost planet did in the post christmas period this might make them more money this way.

    After that period there's to much void, instead of pumping out all the big shots in the final quarter comps should check the competition more and make plannings accordingly.

    A title like Ovelord for example. Big chance it will get drwoened in Darkness hype.

    If they released it a couple of weeks later. Nothing would be there for people to buy.