This has to be the best bit of news today. Midway has announced that Blacksite: Area 51 has been delayed, and will ship out to North America on November 5th and to Europe on October 26. "But wait," you ask, "how can this be the best news of the day?" Well, for those who've put blood, sweat and code into the game, we'd bet that any move away from Blacksite's previous launch date during September is very good news indeed.
Sure, they've put on a brave face, even claiming at one point that launching near a certain other sci-fi FPS would actually make them stronger. As sweet as the attempt was, we're happy to see Blacksite back in a position where it's free of competition ... if you're not counting Haze, Assassin's Creed and Army of Two, of course.
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Posted: Aug 2nd 2007 9:34PM Mr Khan said
So they moved out of competition with Halo 3 to compete with Super Mario Galaxy, NiGHTS 2, Crysis, possibly Assassin's Creed, Drake's Fortune, and Haze?
Granted only two of those are in the same genre, but it's still like going out of the frying pan and into the hottest part of the fire...
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Granted only two of those are in the same genre, but it's still like going out of the frying pan and into the hottest part of the fire...
Posted: Aug 2nd 2007 9:48PM hvnlysoldr said
I don't know... I mean Smash Bros and Mario and Sonic at the Olympics (snicker) could outsell everything even Galaxy.
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Posted: Aug 2nd 2007 9:52PM (Unverified) said
Coming out the same time as Halo 3 wasn't smart in the first place.
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2007 12:09AM ThornedVenom said
What do you mean "not smart" to come out at the same time as Halo 3? They're on different systems, the games are from different genres and they seem to attract different crowds.
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2007 12:11AM ThornedVenom said
Oh shit, sorry for that: I was confused by that Smash bros Kirby avatar from a previous poster, so my mind went into Smash Bros mode... forgot that the article was about Area 51.
Please accept my apologies.
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Please accept my apologies.
Posted: Aug 3rd 2007 10:31AM (Unverified) said
LOL, no it's cool, you confused me for a minute but now I see where you were going with that.
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Posted: Aug 2nd 2007 9:58PM (Unverified) said
Tis the season for delays.
Fall software lineup!!!
Now jockey for positions!
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Fall software lineup!!!
Now jockey for positions!
Posted: Aug 2nd 2007 10:15PM (Unverified) said
Looks like Midway tried to play chicken with Bungie and flinched.
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Posted: Aug 2nd 2007 10:17PM (Unverified) said
This just in: All of Christmas has been delayed to Q1 of '08. Details soon to follow.
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Posted: Aug 2nd 2007 11:05PM (Unverified) said
Hey, this fall isn't being called "Murderer's row" for nothing, y'know.
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Posted: Aug 2nd 2007 11:18PM (Unverified) said
It's really a shame, too. Because the game is actually pretty fun, but it'll just get run down by the big hitters.
Too bad the game looks so generic. I probably would have picked it up, otherwise.
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Too bad the game looks so generic. I probably would have picked it up, otherwise.
Posted: Aug 2nd 2007 11:54PM (Unverified) said
I need a second job to afford all the games I want this fall, but that wouldn't leave time for playing the games I need the second job to afford...
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2007 12:02AM dr steve brule said
hmm, still not interested in this game at all, the previous area51 with mulder wasn't good, i think this looks too generic as well
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Posted: Aug 4th 2007 1:47AM (Unverified) said
yeah, good luck with bringing it out after halo 3 is here, that game is as good as dead when its released....those poor poor developers...
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Posted: Aug 3rd 2007 8:52AM Joanna D said
Sorry, but how is it delayed "until November" if it launches on October 26?
We Europeans put up with the constant mentioning of the US launch dates alone purely because they are usually in advance. This one is not and therefore it actually launches on October 26.
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We Europeans put up with the constant mentioning of the US launch dates alone purely because they are usually in advance. This one is not and therefore it actually launches on October 26.
Posted: Aug 3rd 2007 4:20PM (Unverified) said
*sigh* everything I want to play is being pushed back until August 2017.
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