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Codemasters delays Rise of the Argonauts, Damnation
Posted: 04.11.2008 10:46 by Jamie Davey Comments: 11
Codemasters today confirmed that the upcoming release of Rise of the Argonauts has been delayed until sometime near Christmas, although Codemasters has told Strategy Informer that the game is ready for release, but it wants to hold back on releasing the game due to major competition coming from some very established brands.

"The game is essentially ready for release - we're currently going through the submission process and we're very happy with where the game is, how good it looks and how well it plays. The issue we have is the manufacturing times in a very crowded time for the industry, and whether we want to be in retail at a time where we're facing major competition from some very established brands.” said the spokesperson.

“We are very keen to release the game in this side of the new year, and it is still likely that this will happen. Rise of the Argonauts is an awesomely epic experience, a story that needs to be told throughout beautifully crafted and well thought-out locations. It will be immense fun to play through and it will easily stand up against the other titles that are being released this side of Christmas. However it is vital that we give the game a chance to breathe in a very crowded market and as a result we are still looking very closely at when to release this epic action/RPG."

Codemasters has also delayed its upcoming third person steampunk shooter, Damnation, as that will now be released in early 2009.

Comments

By ScythSoulces on November 4, 2008
avatar Thank god, I have done some reserch on this game and this game would suck if I played it.
By herodotus on November 4, 2008
avatar They're quite correct. With the flood of titles in October, spilling over into November this year has proven to be a badly managed publishing affair. Most of the year has had long quiet periods, yet at the moment gamers are flooded with new titles. One more ...

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By ScythSoulces on November 4, 2008
avatar Yea I know all about the new games that are poring out every month.
By devel on November 4, 2008
avatar Noooooooooooooooooooo, my dear Copy!!
Just kidding. I'll have more time to play it on Christmas Holidays.
By Kres on November 5, 2008
avatar Hehe Devel, yeah that means you'll need to wait a tad bit more, but it'll get there! Don't lose hope!
By Wowerine on November 5, 2008
avatar A delay is better than a non-complete game. lolz
By ScythSoulces on November 5, 2008
avatar Yea, I agree. Having a complete game is worth the wait.
By devel on November 5, 2008
avatar Of course it is. If they launched now it would feel like a Demo or something.
It's better to wait for things than to rush them and them something horrible comes out.
By ScythSoulces on November 5, 2008
avatar Yea, that would be bad.
By FoolWolf on November 6, 2008
avatar Hopefully the wait is time well spent in removing bugs, working on controls and camera handling - the usual things that spooks up a game for many platforms.
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