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Quake Wars in fiscal 2008 News

PC News by Robert Purchese

29 January, 2007

Those of you dribbling at the chops in anticipation of Enemy Territory: Quake Wars may have to wait a little longer, as Activision's financial report reveals the release date has moved into fiscal year 2008.

A spokesperson for the publisher told Eurogamer we could expect it before Christmas, but other than that "it's an id Software title so it's done when it's done."

The game has previously, "unofficially", slipped from autumn 2006 into early 2007.

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars is an online shooter for PC, developed by Splash Damage in conjunction with id Software.

You'll choose to be either Human or Strogg, before battling against each other in large team and objective-based mulitplayer modes. Use a vast array of weapons, vehicles and deployable armaments to best your foes, gaining ranks to improve the unique skills of your character class. GO ON.

It's being described as a faster-paced Battlefield experience, and you can see what we thought when we had a gander at last year's E3.

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skillian
29/01/07 @ 12:16
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/deflates

I'm really looking forward to this but I'm struggling to keep a hold of my patience...
SBfistfun
29/01/07 @ 12:18
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Hope this turns out to be good after the shitefest that was BF2 and BF20shite
Adam_T
29/01/07 @ 12:25
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Ahhhhhhh

Well, it looked sweet in the playing at E3, I think they must be getting the balance spot on so it can be a good competitive game in the WCG.
Tejstar
29/01/07 @ 12:27
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So sometime between April 2007 and March 2008 then. :'(
Clive Dunn
29/01/07 @ 12:28
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I think Activisions fiscal year runs April-March though, so it may not be that far off.

My money's on October though.
richardiox
29/01/07 @ 12:32
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"sometime before christmas"??

/bursts into tears.

/prays STALKER turns out to be decent.

/prays HL2: Episode 2 doesnt get another delay.
Pike
29/01/07 @ 12:51
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I remember when it was speculated that DICE would be in trouble because this game would overshadow BF 2142.

Now I'm beginning to wonder if ET: QW will have to contend with BF 3 instead.
siro
29/01/07 @ 13:03
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Fiscal 2008 would mean April 2008 or later, wouldn't it?
SBfistfun
29/01/07 @ 13:08
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I'll eat my hat if BF3 turns out to be anything other than another shitefest.

An' my hat's made of shite an' all
Laserbream
29/01/07 @ 13:11
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AIDS, this news is purest AIDS.
Pike
29/01/07 @ 13:28
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Looks like we have CS/ET fanboys here, as well as the usual console muppets, now?
Psi
29/01/07 @ 13:36
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/me puts a teaspoon of superaids up Laserbream's ass
space ace
29/01/07 @ 13:38
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hey what happened to wolfenstein? :-o
Tejstar
29/01/07 @ 13:51
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@siro - Activision's year-end is March so fiscal year 2008 means 12 months to March 2008 (i.e. release date between April 2007 and March 2008).
L42yB
29/01/07 @ 14:21
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:'(
Hunam
29/01/07 @ 14:26
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Im kinda with skillian, i was uber hyped about this mid last year, now its just getting pushed back im just getting more impatient and worried, the Doom 3 engine doesn't have all that much left in it, unless megatexture is awesome.
rhinoxious
29/01/07 @ 15:04
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Well at least we'll have affordable DX10 graphics cards by then.
skillian
29/01/07 @ 15:20
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Quake Wars doesn't use DX10, though I hope it'll make use of the new cards' power.
Hunam85
29/01/07 @ 16:08
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Im sure the extra memory of the 8xxxx series of nvidia cards will help with the megatexture stuff.
L0cky
29/01/07 @ 19:25
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The press release for this was a financial report for Activision which happened to contain a reference to the ET:QW delay to their 2008 fiscal year (which starts April 2007). It's a retrospective report giving background to their Q4 fiscal expectations, and comes after the already known delay to 'early 2007'.

Seems to me like a confirmation of a 2007 Q2 release, not a mention of a new delay; this being good news rather than bad.

Bluesnews made the same mistake; he later edited the title and added 'maybe?' after this was pointed out.

linky: http://investor.activision.com/releasede...
Carrybagma
29/01/07 @ 21:56
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Getting too close to the Halo3 launch, possibly?
When is the Halo3 out?
smelly
30/01/07 @ 01:35
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After doom 3?

Meh.

Not bothered in the slightest... Smellys prediction : graphical pretty-fest, no substance.
space ace
30/01/07 @ 08:03
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why it looks so much more fun than q4
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02/03/07 @ 14:22
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if it's released on the 25th of may that'll be 2 days after my 22nd birthday and it'll be a mightly fine present.

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