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Republic brought forward

La revolution clearly can't wait!

It would be fair to say that we groaned when we received an email from Eidos just now plugging a new release date for Republic: The Revolution. You'd hardly expect them to bring it forward, right?

But despite recent release date problems, the newly rebranded publisher is doing just that. Republic is now due out on August 29th, it says 'ere, a week ahead of schedule. Good news for budding dictators everywhere.

The game continues to review strongly, and we've even heard that some of the earliest review copies didn't feature a training mode - something the final game will include. So any complaints about the game being tough to pick up can surely be wiped from the slate.

We'll be bringing you our verdict on Republic in the near future.