The Darkness delayed for Euro PS3 until July 20
by Alexander Sliwinski 
{ Jun 24th 2007 at 3:45PM }
PS3 Fanboy reports that this week's anticipated title The Darkness is hiding in the shadows for European PS3 owners another month. Turns out the game is being delayed until July 20 for the PS3, the Xbox 360 version will supposedly still release on June 29. This only affects Europe and does not change the June 25 release in the US. There is no word yet as to a reason for the delay.There is a silver lining in this news for European PS3 owners who really want to possess themselves with The Darkness. Games on the PS3 are region free, so if you're in Europe and have a buddy in the states, just have them pick it up for you and ship it on over. There are also international games retailers, just make sure to find one with free shipping. Hopefully we can get an answer this week on what happened.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ssuk @ Jun 24th 2007 4:26PM
Whoo-hoo! Shit on Europe some more, we LOOOOVE this.
GamerG @ Jun 24th 2007 4:33PM
Probably a bit easier to run off DVD's than Bluray discs thats all
RPGS @ Jun 24th 2007 4:38PM
euro punking chapter IMXLMLMXLMDMMXMXIXMMMIIVLMVII The straw!
GamerG @ Jun 24th 2007 4:42PM
Maybe because its on DVD the 360 version is more profitable to the publishers/developers so they have done this to encourage people who own both systems to by the more profitable 360 version
Chainblast @ Jun 24th 2007 6:47PM
As I think many others would, I'd like to know the cause of the delay. Either way, I guess one benefit to owning a PS3 is avoiding the region lock on games. Come to think of it, that's quite sweet.
DaveC @ Jun 24th 2007 5:35PM
I've said it before and I'll say it again, something fishy is going on with European PS3 games getting delayed. First Oblivion, then Spiderman 3 and now The Darkness. All within one week of release before delay. The 360 version of this game is coming out in Europe this week, the PS3 version in the US isn't getting delayed. Something is not right here.
kingofwale @ Jun 24th 2007 6:32PM
Euro PS3 owners, JUST import it if you don't want to wait, Not that you need me to tell you, but PS3 is region-free.
although I can't see this game being import-worthy anyway.
Darth Nihilus @ Jun 24th 2007 7:46PM
That's too bad.
I am Darth Nihilus.
kingofwale @ Jun 24th 2007 8:10PM
>I guess one benefit to owning a PS3 is avoiding the region lock on games.
what did you just say? I'm too busy playing my Ninja Gaiden I just received today. Games running on 60FPS is the FUTURE. ;)
linkman2004 @ Jun 24th 2007 8:13PM
kingofwale - "Games running on 60FPS is the FUTURE."
Games have been running at those speeds since, like, Quake III, before even. There were plenty of games running at 60FPS last gen. Get your facts straight.
Tadioku @ Jun 24th 2007 8:18PM
get Rainbow Six its a better shooter or Ninja
Gaiden and its not getting delayed like The Darkness, only 2 more days!
Rare Hare @ Jun 24th 2007 8:46PM
"That's too bad.
I am Darth Nihilus."
wtf?
Desiri @ Jun 25th 2007 1:50AM
"Euro PS3 owners, JUST import it if you don't want to wait"
Europe is more than just the UK. The US version does not include the French, German, Italian and Spanish language tracks.
Mat @ Jun 25th 2007 2:11AM
THE DARKNESS CHARLIE MURPHEY! it had to be said
Saint @ Jun 25th 2007 2:40AM
It should be noted that Microsoft only requires one global submission to approve new games for their consoles, while games for the playstation are evaluated individually by SCEA, SCEE and SCEJ. It is rumored that SCEE is a lot more anal in the approval process than SCEA so it is likely that the delayed games were approved in the US but failed Euro submission.
Khaeos @ Jun 25th 2007 2:44AM
lol..this is a bad release date...HP7 releases the next day.... :)
im still gnna buy this..jus after harry potter :)
bVork @ Jun 25th 2007 3:08AM
Saint: There are some truly awful Euro-only PS2 games, so I don't think SCEE is more stringent. If anything, they're much more lenient about approving crap. Look at the true horrors that this guy has been documenting: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=InfernalMonkey
Saint @ Jun 25th 2007 6:34AM
bVork, that might be. The quality of the QA isn't that important, really, just the fact that EU submission is handled separately by Sony and not by Microsoft should give a big hint as to why it is possible for a game to be delayed in EU only for Playstation, but not for Xbox 360.
That being said, I don't think crap games being Euro-only has anything to do with how stringent they are on submission. If the games were intended for US release, I find it very hard to believe that the publishers would give up access to the biggest market instead of just fixing the bugs reported in submission. The submission testing doesn't really cover the 'quality' of the game anyway, as long as it doesn't crash and interfaces with the user/hardware in the way the console manufacturer intended, you're good to go.