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Update: A spokesperson for Ubisoft has told Eurogamer this morning that yesterday's release schedule was incorrect. Haze is still to be confirmed for PC and Xbox 360, apparently, so the 30th November date now slips into the realms of TBA. The exclusive PS3 date remains the same.
Ubisoft has gone into a frenzy of organisation and stamped release dates on all of its key upcoming titles.
According to its latest release schedule, November will be one of the biggest months ever for the publisher. Due out then are Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway, Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Haze and, er, Rayman Raving Rabbids 2.
We'll have to wait and see whether these can compete against the pulling power of titles like Halo 3 in late September and Grand Theft Auto IV in October.
September for Ubisoft heralds the release of Dark Messiah: Elements on Xbox 360, Settlers VI on PC, and Brothers in Arms: Double Time for Wii. The biggest launch in October is the new Naruto role-playing adventure for Xbox 360.
However, there's no sign of the much talked about Tom Clancy's EndWar on the schedule.
Specific new dates for the biggest titles can be found below:
September:
- Dark Messiah: Elements - 7th September (Xbox 360)
- Settlers VI - 7th September (PC)
- Brothers In Arms: Double Time - 21st September (Wii)
October:
- Naruto: Rise of a Ninja - 19th October (Xbox 360)
November:
- Assassin's Creed - 9th November (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway - 16th November (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 - 16th November (Wii, DS)
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction - 16th November (PC, Xbox 360)
- Haze - 23rd November (PS3)
Clap your eyes on our release date schedule for the entire picture.
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JediMasterMalik
19/06/07 @ 13:15
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I thought Splinter Cell was meant to be exclusive... console exclusive I guess. Not complaining mind.
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absolutezero
19/06/07 @ 13:39
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Woo woo I was just thinking about Dark Messiah the other day, I think the stance based combat will work alot better with a controller rather than a keyboard.
Plus thanks to Ubi games having no region locking Ill be getting them all nice and cheap. oooo Dark Messiah is out the day after my birthday and all :p
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mcmonkeyplc
19/06/07 @ 13:40
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You'd be pretty damn stupid to release anything in September on the 360.
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absolutezero
19/06/07 @ 13:45
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I'd be pretty pissed if no one else released anything in September, I don't want to play fucking Halo. Looks like im fucked eh.
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souljacker2000
19/06/07 @ 13:45
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Im up for Dark Messiah wana give that a bash..
think ill buy most 360 ones part from Naruto... fuck me cant handle too much wierdness |
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Inquisitor
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19/06/07 @ 13:49
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I also think its a little strange how cramped ubis release scehdule is.
I mean fucking hell, they're their own worst enemy in some ways, they'll certainly be competing against themselves pretty heavily this year :D |
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Apologies. Misread Haze's *exclusive* PS3 date. It's now listed correctly as one week earlier than PC, Xbox 360.
o_o ... eh? ... One week counts as an exclusive deal now? ... ?! This is getting silly now, stop calling it exclusive if it isn't that exclusive. Exclusive = Not appearing on another console for a very long time. Timed exclusive = at least 3 to 6 months difference. 1 Week? An extra week to catch up with that other game. |
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SeesThroughAll
19/06/07 @ 14:09
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This is getting silly now, stop calling it exclusive if it isn't that exclusive. Exclusive = Not appearing on another console for a very long time. Timed exclusive = at least 3 to 6 months difference. 1 Week? An extra week to catch up with that other game.
Meh. Remember Darkness? It's going to end up appearing for the 360 three weeks earlier in Europe.
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Why can't people seem to understand the significants of a game being console exclusive? "Well it's still available on the PC so it's not really a 360 exlusive."
I don't think the majority of gamers share that sentiment. The significants is that most people will buy the 360 version, because they're not hardcore PC gamers. PC gaming is way too expensive, and even the people willing to upgrade their computers to support graphically rich PC titles will pirate them anyway. Doom III was one of the biggest event in PC gaming, yet no one hardly purchased it, while most people still seemed to be able to play it... |
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JediMasterMalik
19/06/07 @ 14:42
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@DrunKao - PC gaming is about the same when you consider how much cheaper the games are. Just requires a bit of faffing is all.
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Meh. Remember Darkness? It's going to end up appearing for the 360 three weeks earlier in Europe.
Is it? Don't recall anything of that. I most certainly don't recall it being touted as an (temp) exclusive. 3 weeks != timed exclusive. Timings like these are more likely to be down to shipment/qa times than anything else. This most definitely eases the pain of waiting though. 2 4p coop games in less than two months! Wtf?! This is going to be such a great autumn. |
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absolutezero
19/06/07 @ 14:52
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The PS3 Drakness is delayed I think because of the full length movies in it, something to do with them.
Its down as 20/07 on Shopto |
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I saw the trailer for Conviction on the 360 and noticed that it still had dreadful v-sync tearing, like all the previous games, so that's crossed off my must-have list. I really think that Ubisoft's developers should be releasing more polished-looking 360 games by now as every one of their games on the 360 is rife with tearing... I'm not hopeful of Assassin's Creed either and that's really the only Ubisoft game I'm interested in bar Haze on the PS3.
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SeesThroughAll
19/06/07 @ 15:09
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@ Xerx3s:
I meant this: the PS3 version of Darkness got delayed for a month in Europe only, when it was supposed to be released on all platforms simultaneously (SCEE fuckup no doubt). By the same logic, a game that was supposed to be a "timed exclusive" for the PS3 (for a week, lol), is probably actually coming out later for the PS3 than for the other platforms. It's ridiculous either way we look at it. oneweektimedexclusivelol
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afghan_jones
19/06/07 @ 15:55
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Its the same with every company at the minute. the 360 has been starved of releases for ages and will continue to be so until september, then it just gets mental. Looking ahead, theres around 20 games coming out on 360 which i would be prepared to pay full whack for.
Theres frankly no way the missus would let me get them all at once. She'd kill me. Ive not bought a game since crackdown at the end of February. Why cant they spread them out a wee bit? A lot of cool titles will be lost in the masses this autumn but would be very nicely about now.
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absolutezero
19/06/07 @ 16:10
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Theres a whole load of good looking games coming out next Friday, theres been a fair few releases this month aswell, Forza, Dirt and Senk no Ronde come to mind.
July is barren but then Bioshock is in August and then things take off in September. |
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Meh, Haze is no Halo.
Maybe so but it has 4p coop and that is enough. Coop can turn even the dullest game into great fun. I have no doubt that haze will be a solid 7.0 or 8.0 and with the bonus of the coop it will be loads of fun. I might postpone the purchase till januari or feb mind. Depends on how good the other stuff is. the 360 has been starved of releases for ages and will continue to be so until september, then it just gets mental. lol. Some of the best games of the year have just been released and will be released in the summer but it's absolutely starving. Yep. In the meantime the daily EG sessions continue. |
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afghan_jones
19/06/07 @ 16:25
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Yeah, Forza and Dirt just came out but apart from that theres been bugger all worth having for months now and nothing coming up until end of august/september.
It's ridiculous. autumn is going to be 2 decent games a week worth buying. The last few months have been 2 decent games worth buying since Christmas. Thats been it. It vexes me. Also, Xerx3s, which are the best games of the year that have just or are about to be, released? I must have missed them cause it looks to me like most of the best games are cloggin up September-November time...
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barnard666
19/06/07 @ 16:48
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1 week really has to be a mistake! I actually was looking forward to buying something on my PS3, sadly one week means that the achievement points will win out on which version I buy!
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Shadowrun Is definite top 5 material and apart from the usual suspects we also have Overlord. And that's just the 360.
I count at least 7 good titles for this month alone. http://www.eurogamer.net/releases.php |
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