Mafia II and Red Dead both delayed News

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News by Tom Bramwell

27 May, 2009

Take-Two has said that both Mafia II and Red Dead Redemption will be released in the first half of its next fiscal year, a period covering 1st November 2009 until 30th April 2010.

This is "to allow additional development time for the titles and to maximise their full potential in terms of the quality of the player experience and market performance", according to the publisher's statement.

Mafia II from Illusion Softworks and Red Dead Redemption from Rockstar San Diego were among Take-Two's more ambitious prospects for 2009, promising respective new takes on gangland and western open-world concepts.

Oh well, at least they've got BioShock 2 and The Ballad of Gay Tony to see them through.

Check out our recent Mafia II preview and Red Dead Redemption trailer for more. Look out for a preview of the latter this week.

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Twin_snakes

27/05/09 @ 08:22

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Dam.

Triggerhappytel

27/05/09 @ 08:23

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Boo. I want both of these games, but RDR in particular. Just hope it's as good as it looks.

OnlyMe

27/05/09 @ 09:32

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And thus, autumn just got a slight bit cheaper.

mikew1985

27/05/09 @ 09:44

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Alas, I suspected as much from RDR.

I'd say it will be a GTA like delay to April next year. Was prepared for it so I'm not overly disappointed or suprised. better to have a delayed game, properly polished than have it early.

Agent_Llama

27/05/09 @ 11:02