Midway expects no more PS3 delays in 2008

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Nov 2nd 2007 at 6:25PM }

Did you know that the American PS3 version of Stranglehold slow-mo dived out the door this week? Midway's destructive Hard Boiled follow-up, like several PS3 games in the past few months, had been pushed off the edge of the calendar so many times that many eventually lost sight of it, played it on competing platforms or just moved on to other things. Midway CEO David F. Zucker recently discussed the predicament following a ~~Top Secret!~~ financial conference call, noting that technical hurdles on Sony's platform initially slowed them down.

"For our first wave of next-gen games... lead development has been on the Xbox 360, due to its earlier introduction and larger installed base," said Zucker. "We ran into some technical issues developing for the PlayStation 3 that have taken more time to finalize than we expected." He now considers said issues resolved, however, and expects "PS3 versions of [Midway] titles to ship day and date" with those on other platforms beginning next year. As for Unreal Tournament III, PS3 owners should look for it "as soon as it's ready."

Finally, with development hassles supposedly out of the way, Midway can continue work on a soon-to-be-announced title described by Zucker as an "ambitious open-world game." We certainly hope he means the Psi-Ops meets Crackdown adventure we just envisioned.

Tags: Blacksite, Midway, Stranglehold, UnrealTournament, UT3

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Sean @ Nov 2nd 2007 6:29PM

Psi-Ops ruled.

DSR7997 @ Nov 2nd 2007 7:05PM

Psi-Ops so kicked ass

ColossalHat @ Nov 2nd 2007 6:31PM

That'd be a great thing to hear if I was interested in any Midway games anymore. I think the last one I bought was Mortal Kombat: Deception. I played the latest one and was horrified that fatalities were now replaced with the "make your own fatality" crap.

Note to self, be more aware of delayed titles.

ruibing @ Nov 2nd 2007 7:20PM

There's just no excuse for delays and poor performance anymore when both first party (like Naughty Dog) and third party (like Insomniac) are able to produce such high quality games.

gonk @ Nov 2nd 2007 8:01PM

well those 2 companies aren't making multiplatform games. huge difference

also, does this mean we won't be able to call it the delaystation 3 anymore?

Poisoned Al @ Nov 2nd 2007 8:01PM

Ruibing, there are ALWAYS excuses, and some of them are good ones (say, the hardware being a total bitch to program for). Not that it matters unless you're stupid enough to have a PS3 as your only games platform.

Rod Oracheski @ Nov 2nd 2007 8:27PM

So they're going to go ahead with their plan to make the PS3 SKU the lead platform on all future games then? While it'll make sure the PS3 sees a simultaneous release, is giving the 360 an artificial delay that way really serving the best interest of their customers?