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Ubisoft delays key titles News

Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 News by Robert Purchese

2 January, 2008

Ubisoft has revealed that three of its key titles for 2008 will now arrive later than expected.

Those slipping into fiscal 2008 - which begins in April - are Far Cry 2, Tom Clancy's EndWar and Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway.

This will keep development costs down for the time being and help the publisher pump out some impressive financial results for the third quarter and whole of 2007, as it boosts sales predictions for Assassin's Creed from three to five million and churns out more casual content to fill shelves.

Full third-quarter financial results are due out on 23rd February, and are expected to have risen by around 20 per cent over last year. Interesting if you like and possibly dream about piles of money.

Assassin's Creed was released in November and caused a bit of a commotion with its critical reception, failing to produce the sort of marks many had expected.

Still, it took the number one spot in the charts over Christmas and continues to sell by the bucket load. Pop over to our Assassin's Creed review to find out why.

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thepiedpiper
02/01/08 @ 14:08
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Ubisoft? Ubiwaiting more like.
NewbieZilla
02/01/08 @ 14:11
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Good, not another delay on Conviction.
bad09
02/01/08 @ 14:16
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I'm with NewbieZilla, I'm glad Conviction isn't delayed!
space ace
02/01/08 @ 14:23
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... on Conviction.

what i was thinking exactly!
DonnieDarko333
02/01/08 @ 14:34
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So BIA is now any date from April 2008? Jeez....
Moogrose
02/01/08 @ 14:40
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Yeah - i'm glad for conviction, but hearbroken over the delay of BIA:HH.

So its not all bad i suppose.
Carpathian
02/01/08 @ 14:51
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No need to head over to the Creed page - anybody can see it was the almost constant rotation of THAT advert which swung it for present-buyers across the land.

"Teardrop"?

Yeah, once you realised by Boxing Day that the game itself wasn't all that amazing......
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Retroid [mod]
02/01/08 @ 15:04
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/Really liked Creed

:P

Frankly I'm happier to hear of games being delayed rather than them being rushed out before they're finished.
alimokrane
02/01/08 @ 15:22
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And who told you guus that Conviction is arriving before April ??? Ubisoft never mentioned an expected released month for Conviction so that could well be after April anyway .... Oh well ...

I want a NEW prince of persia and where the bloody hell is my beyond good and evil sequel ???

Oh and PS: what's with all the Assassins Creed Hate ??? I loved that game despite its flaws, I am sure the sequel will doctore the repitition aspect so CHILL!
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Carpathian
02/01/08 @ 16:04
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@alimokrane: I don't it's as much "hate" as "frustrated disappointment".

It was a 7 or 8 scoring game that, for the want of a little final work and a few less repetitive mission structures, could easily have been much better.

Completely with you on the BG&E sequel though - want !
bdc
02/01/08 @ 16:10
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I'm good with the Farcry 2 delay, take your sweet time with it Ubisoft. Couldn't care less about the other titles.
Triggerhappytel
02/01/08 @ 16:34
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"and churns out more casual content to fill shelves."

And churns out more complete and utter fucking shit, like Imagine: Babies or fucking Dogz, more like.
zoidberg
02/01/08 @ 17:21
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who doesn't like piles of money? did you really need to ask EG?

in any case, people are having too much fun making crysis to work than to care about far cry 2 at this point.
Ryze
02/01/08 @ 18:08
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Can't say I hate AC, but it's got to that point where the repetition has set in and my attention is waning.

I can't say whether I'll last the course and get it completed.

Gorgeous game though - great engine, fun to piss about in for hours on end.

GTA Jerusalem City
markypants
02/01/08 @ 19:08
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AC is in no way crap... It is just the gaming equivalent of pulling a sexy hot chick and then after a few hours of looking at her, getting her naked and realising that she has a cock...


/walks slowly out of comment thread.
captainrentboy
02/01/08 @ 22:27
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Imagine: Fucking Dogz!
That's going to be an awesome title.
BurningR
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Do you mean "fucking dogz" or just fucking "dogz"? There's a big difference you know. (I'd realy like to see the first title, complete with a cute cover and no indication of the content on the inside *mommyyyyyyyy!*) :D

Reminds me of one day where the local TV-station forgot to turn of the weekly sunday night porn cavalcade, so at 7 AM, when the kids turned on the telly, they saw something slightly different than the cartoons they expected...

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