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Yesterday, Take-Two announced that BioShock 2 would be pushed back to a later day within its 2010 fiscal year. Today, a bit more was revealed on a more precise time frame for not only BioShock 2's release, but also release dates for Red Dead Redemption, Mafia II, and Max Payne 3.
Publisher Take-Two does expect to have all four of these titles released in the first half of calendar year 2010. A reason was given for BioShock 2's delay by T2's chairman, Strauss Zelnick.
While it may not be a concrete release date, it is still a bit more narrowed down than a vague "fiscal year 2010 release."
Publisher Take-Two does expect to have all four of these titles released in the first half of calendar year 2010. A reason was given for BioShock 2's delay by T2's chairman, Strauss Zelnick.
But Zelnick also said that the BioShock 2 push was also partially due to a softness at U.S. retail, where the company is seeing orders for new titles come in lower than expected and where, he said, the number of high-quality titles may crowd the marketplace. While that may be the case, early 2010 is beginning to look crowded as well with the Take Two foursome joining God of War III, Dante's Inferno, Mass Effect 2 and several other games slated for early next year.
One analyst asked if BioShock 2's delay could be blamed on the PS3 version of the game or on its series-first online components. "The pushback of BioShock 2 is related to development overall," Zelnick said. "I certainly wouldn't want to pinpoint it to any one platform or any one feature because that's not the case."
One analyst asked if BioShock 2's delay could be blamed on the PS3 version of the game or on its series-first online components. "The pushback of BioShock 2 is related to development overall," Zelnick said. "I certainly wouldn't want to pinpoint it to any one platform or any one feature because that's not the case."
While it may not be a concrete release date, it is still a bit more narrowed down than a vague "fiscal year 2010 release."
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