While the game was previously slated to hit store shelves by October 31, 2009, the company has now moved the title to a more vague “fiscal year 2010″. That could mean the title will be released in North America as early as November 1 or it could mean that BioShock 2 will be pushed well into calendar 2010, missing the holidays completely.
Officially, Take-Two blames the delay on the need to “provide additional development time for the title.”
Strauss Zelnick, Chairman of Take-Two called the delay “the right decision for the product,” but calls the impact on its revised financial outlook a “disappointment.”
“The decision to shift a release date is never an easy one, especially with a product as highly anticipated as BioShock 2,” Take-Two CEO Ben Feder said in a financial release. “We felt that it was essential to invest the additional time to ensure that this title will deliver what its fans expect and deserve.”
Kotaku AU Note: Can’t imagine this would slip to next calendar year. Not with Arkane Studios recently brought on board to assist with development. That’s a sign they need to get the game done sooner rather than later. Expect a Nov/Dec release.
HotDamn!
July 14, 2009 at 10:19 AM
Personally David, I think 2K are worried about their game. Hence why they brought yet another developer into the mix. I think they might be floundering and potentially drowning in the murky depths of their very own Rapture.
I pray to Big Daddy that this is NOT the case, of course.
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July 14, 2009 at 2:05 PM
Simply moving the product away from the Modern Warfare 2 launch – Anything FPS based on all platforms would most likely suffer 2 weeks prior and 2 weeks post of that game drop. The ripples my very well effect all game sales not just the one genre
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July 14, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Excellent, i was a big fan of the first and this is great news, more development time can only be a good thing. Not to mention im flat bloke for the foreseeable future so this is a nice buffer period for me to pick up the scratch.
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