The U.S. release date for Dragon Quest VIII has been moved up a week
to November 15th, while the vague, already exceeded Spring 2005 release date for Gran Turismo 4 Mobile has
been pushed back to sometime in 2006 for Japan (and who knows
what that means for gamers in other regions).
The change in DQ's retail appointment could have something
to do with avoiding a schedule conflict with the launch of the Xbox 360 on the 22nd, but we're sure that Square Enix
would love to release their as-yet non-mainstream(-in-the-States) RPG for American audiences as soon as possible to
make the all-important holiday shopping season (which tends to kick off after Thanksgiving).
We can only hope for PSP owners who are driving-simulator fans that GT4M will come out with a substantial
online multiplayer component, something left out of the eventually released console version of the game.
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