PAL PS2 enjoys headstart on The Getaway 2 and Colin McRae 2005
Codemasters and SCEE to test patience of US gamers.
For the most part, PAL gamers have traditionally been denied first dibs on a large proportion of major video game releases. Although the delay between NTSC and PAL launches isn’t quite as protracted as it once was, Europe has often been the last of the major markets to get certain games on the shelves. So today it is with no small pleasure and smugness that we can announce that PAL territories are going to enjoy some superior service in the coming months.
Colin McRae Rally 2005, due out on PC, PS2 and Xbox in the UK at the end of September, will be released in the US at the same time. However (here’s the rub), America won’t be getting a PS2 version of the next Colin McRae Rally game, at all. It has, apparently, become some sort of US-only Xbox exclusive. Even the PC version won’t actually be available in the shops, and will have to be purchased through Codemasters’ online store.
As a second winding punch to American PS2 gamers, SCEE London has announced that the US release of The Getaway: Black Monday is going to be delayed. Whilst UK gamers will be thrashing round the digitally recreated streets of London screaming clichéd mockney dialect at the TV as the cold November nights close in, Americans won’t. Instead, they’ll have to wait until January 2005. It’s not a huge gap, admittedly, but it could provide enough time for Europeans to complete the game and go posting plot-spoilers all over US gaming forums. Ha!
Colin McRae Rally 2005, due out on PC, PS2 and Xbox in the UK at the end of September, will be released in the US at the same time. However (here’s the rub), America won’t be getting a PS2 version of the next Colin McRae Rally game, at all. It has, apparently, become some sort of US-only Xbox exclusive. Even the PC version won’t actually be available in the shops, and will have to be purchased through Codemasters’ online store.
As a second winding punch to American PS2 gamers, SCEE London has announced that the US release of The Getaway: Black Monday is going to be delayed. Whilst UK gamers will be thrashing round the digitally recreated streets of London screaming clichéd mockney dialect at the TV as the cold November nights close in, Americans won’t. Instead, they’ll have to wait until January 2005. It’s not a huge gap, admittedly, but it could provide enough time for Europeans to complete the game and go posting plot-spoilers all over US gaming forums. Ha!
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config 12 Aug 2004 13:42
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I have some hot insider news on the new Getaway title. It's not another tedious gangster romp, but in fact an interactive dramatisation of the events leading up to October 19, 1987.
Based in London, but focusing around city's "square mile", the game follows the events of the '87 stock market crash, now known as "Black Monday". Info on the plot is a bit sketchy, but it's believe that it follows the actions of a bunch of criminal brokers who successded in forcing a market, um, correction.
Just take a look at that copper in the screenshot. That's the actions of a man who's just learned that his life savings are worthless?
Based in London, but focusing around city's "square mile", the game follows the events of the '87 stock market crash, now known as "Black Monday". Info on the plot is a bit sketchy, but it's believe that it follows the actions of a bunch of criminal brokers who successded in forcing a market, um, correction.
Just take a look at that copper in the screenshot. That's the actions of a man who's just learned that his life savings are worthless?
Joji 13 Aug 2004 00:01
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It's all very well getting stuff late, but not getting them at all is a problem. I would have thought Codemaster wanted to make money selling games, not encourage potential mass piracy, the kind the Doom 3 is now suffering from even though it's not out properly yet.
It's nice to gloat coming from an island nation, but the U.S market most likely makes them a lot of money. To delay a release would only have most folk downloading from the black hole that is the net. To then want people to buy it online when it will most likely be available for nothing via the same means will create big problems. I know they have cd protection on their games, but should they rely on it so much?
It's nice to gloat coming from an island nation, but the U.S market most likely makes them a lot of money. To delay a release would only have most folk downloading from the black hole that is the net. To then want people to buy it online when it will most likely be available for nothing via the same means will create big problems. I know they have cd protection on their games, but should they rely on it so much?