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TimeShift delayed until 2007 News

PC Xbox 360 News by Tom Bramwell

4 September, 2006

Saber Interactive's upcoming PC and Xbox 360 first-person shooter TimeShift is going to be upcoming for a bit longer than anticipated.

Previously due out well before the end of 2006, the game - which sees the player bending time to his whim in an attempt to, well, kill people with guns and solve puzzles - is now set for release in 2007, and publisher Vivendi-Universal hasn't specified exactly when.

"Vivendi Games acquired TimeShift with the view that it would become a stand out FPS franchise," the publisher said last week - referring to the fact that the game had begun life with Atari, before VU signed it up in May. "Our commitment to that vision remains, and so the decision has been taken to move the title into 2007 to give it the time and resources needed to fulfil its potential."

As several observers have noted, this will probably put the game on store shelves a year after it was originally released as a PC demo. On the plus side, it'll give them ample time to sort out some of the things we found irritating about the PC demo, which you can still access to try out one playable level.

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space ace
04/09/06 @ 10:07
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devs need time, he he
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04/09/06 @ 10:17
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Maybe the game did release at the end of 2006...

Only they noticed bugs and low sales, and so they travelled back in time to give it more development time...
Seems to explain it...
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04/09/06 @ 10:21
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The demo was cringe-worthy, really really generically bad. Let's hope the extra time gives some weight to the game.

Edit - The bullet time mods for HL2 were done better. :)
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04/09/06 @ 10:36
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Just adding my weight to the "Timeshift demo was crud" side. God that game was bad, I only played it for a few minutes. I don't play that many FPS games so it was a shock to play one that was truly generic.
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04/09/06 @ 12:05
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Yeah, the demo was very poor. Some of the design seemed mid 90's PC game and the gameplay was generic city without any of the fun.

They are going to need more than TIME to SHIFT many copies of this turd.
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04/09/06 @ 14:13
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The demo came out on Xbox too. It was on the official magazine.
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04/09/06 @ 19:25
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Noooooooo, I thought this was supposed to be released next week! But also yeeeess, I hope they make it great.

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