I’m a very sad panda. Now that I’m out of the house every day with a new job, iPhone gaming has become an even bigger part of my life. The lunch hour is spent throwing in some rounds of Canabalt or running through a couple missions in GTA Chinatown Wars. The game I was most anticipating, Plants vs. Zombies, has been delayed.
Originally scheduled for late 2009 then pushed to January, the expected release date is now mid February. Bollocks. I guess I’ll have to keep waiting.
If there’s one thing PopCap is good at, it’s making me spent money over and over on the same game. It happened with Peggle and it’s going to happen again with Plants vs. Zombies. Damn you PopCap. Damn you. I kid, I kid. You make amazing games. Just make them come out faster.
I guess I better reinstall Diablo II on my MacBook Pro because Blizzard confirmed the game will not be shipping in 2010. Put all your hopes and dreams on the back burner. Speaking to Techland, Blizzard’s executive vice president of game design, Rob Pardo, had this to say:
I think it’s safe to say that, yeah, (Diablo III) is not going to be out next year.
Pardo went on to admit that Blizzard has a pattern of announcing their games way too early, a sentiment in which I fully agree. But hey, at least we’re getting StarCraft II in 2010… unless Blizzard puts one of their famous delays on the project.
Sure, Bioshock 2 is being delayed until early 2010, but that’s no reason for you to get all in a tizzy. There are plenty of amazing games coming your way this Holiday season to more than make up for not having a Big Daddy at your fingertips.
You’ll be spending too much time playing Modern Warfare 2, Halo ODST, Uncharted 2, Assassin’s Creed 2, The Beatles Rock Band, and Barbie Horse Adventures to even worry about missing the return to Rapture.
Don’t fret and don’t get your panties all up in a bunch. This delay can only make it a better experience when you finally get to play Bioshock 2.
Those of you hoping to get your hands on Batman: Arkham Asylum soon will be disappointed that the game has officially been delayed until the end of summer 2009. Most likely, that means the August/September time frame. The extra time is being taken to make sure the game is fully polished, so we can’t complain too much.
Based on everything we’ve seen so far, this will be the best Batman game to date (which honestly wouldn’t take much). I’m looking forward to playing more of the game E3.
EA announced a firm release date for The Sims 3. Unfortunately, it’s not this month, it’ll be June 2nd.
“The June launch combined with the break-through game the team is building gives us the perfect runway to create awareness for The Sims 3,” said Russell Arons, Vice President of Marketing for EA. “The Sims 3 will be the original IP summer blockbuster of 2009 as we build off the success of the best-selling PC franchise of all time to create awareness with both loyal Sims fans and new players.”
I haven’t played The Sims in a while, other than MySims titles, so it’ll be nice to trap one in a house with a swimming pool for a floor. I’m so sadistic.
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Keep dreaming of those pretty graphics, awesome orchestral sounds, and the gameplay you expect from Final Fantasy titles. The next in the series won’t be hitting North American shores until at least April 2010, according to a interview with Square Enix President Yoichi Wada.
The game is scheduled for release in Japan in 2009, so brush up on your Japanese and importing skills if you have any inkling of playing the game this year.
This isn’t all that surprising given Square Enix’s track record with delaying product for a long time. There will be plenty of other big titles this year to keep your gaming time occupied, so hold on a bit longer.
It seems that everything for the PS3 is getting delayed these days. The SOCOM beta, the Resistance 2 beta, and now the PAIN Amusement Park expansion and the Trophy patch. Apparently, the Trophies were too damn hard.
While we were testing it became apparent to quite a few people that although the trophies were achievable they began to resemble the tedious level grinds in MMOs and not the spoils for being good (or experienced) at PAIN.
It’s good to see the developers of PAIN listening to the community. The expansion and patch will still be available in September, just not this week as planned. Sit back and relax, because it might be a bumpy ride.
First it was supposed to drop in July. Then Life with PlayStation got pushed back to August. Now, we’re still waiting. According to Noam Rimon, a Senior Development Manager for the service, there’s some paperword holding back the release.
Although we’re still waiting, we did get to find out that Life with PlayStation will incorporate Folding@Home in the background. Whenever you’re reading the news or checking the weather, you’ll be helping to cure cancer by running Folding without even knowing it. Good stuff.
Hopefully we see the new service in September.
I was all types of excited for “Moving Pictures” by Rush hitting Rock Band. I was sick all day yesterday, so it wasn’t even a thought in my mind. But today, I find out I have to wait. Apparently the album’s release has been marred with technical issues.
Unfortunately, due to unforeseen technical difficulties, we won’t be able to release Rush’s “Moving Pictures” this week. We’ll be working on it as hard as we can, but it looks like it could be a couple of weeks to fix. In the meantime we will be moving around our schedule so we still have DLC coming out each week (including this week, info to follow in another announcement).
Boo on that. Guess it’ll be a while. But it looks like we might be getting something this week. No word yet, but we’ll keep you posted. My guess is that it will go up tomorrow, since it’s the only time the PlayStation Store gets updated.
Today is the worldwide release of Metal Gear Solid 4. Our friends in Spain might not be so lucky and waiting might be in your future.
Do to a transport strike of various workers unions in Spain, shipments of the game may not reach their final destinations on time. You might need to hop across and pic up the game elsewhere if you really need it today. If not, encourage thoses unions to strike a deal to get Metal Gear on store shelves.
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