Sega's update now fits with what several retailers have suggested about a 2010 release, including GameStop, Walmart, Amazon and GameFly.
Sega: Alpha Protocol 'out now,' er ... 'Spring 2010'
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Oct 6th 2009 2:00PM
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Sega's update now fits with what several retailers have suggested about a 2010 release, including GameStop, Walmart, Amazon and GameFly.
Reader Comments (32)
Posted: Oct 6th 2009 2:04PM darkinchworm said
It's good for the wallet, though I wasn't sure if I was gonna pick this up day one anyway. Haven't paid much attention to it. What say you, Joystiq masses?
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Posted: Oct 6th 2009 2:05PM TheDarkWayne said
I would have bought it, but it probably would have ended up like my copy of Rise of the Argonauts, that is, still sealed and unplayed
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Posted: Oct 6th 2009 2:15PM (Unverified) said
Hadn't planned on it. Then again, I almost never buy games on day one. I think my last day one purchase was Persona 4.
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Posted: Oct 6th 2009 2:14PM shadowhowl1900 said
cause a majority of people would be spend their $60 buying MW2
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Posted: Oct 6th 2009 2:30PM (Unverified) said
I'm not sure why either. Not every gamer completely worships CoD. I bought 4, played it for a bit, and stopped. There are plenty of games I'm looking more forward too than MW2.
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Posted: Oct 6th 2009 2:10PM joshua nash said
hey i okay with them delaying it cause i pre-order it already and i want them to give me my moneys worth with this game
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Posted: Oct 6th 2009 2:47PM joshua nash said
sorry about my grammar, i was pre-occupied by the thoughts of kristen bell in a bikini
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Posted: Oct 6th 2009 2:11PM (Unverified) said
I love the concept of this game but not convinced they're going to deliver on it enough to warrant a day one buy. Interested? Yes. Convinced? No.
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Posted: Oct 6th 2009 2:28PM Chaz Winterbottom said
I couldn't agree more. I like the idea of an espionage/Mass Effect-like game, but what we've seen of Alpha Protocol looks a little lackluster.
Plus some of the characters look downright silly, i.e. the lady going to battle wearing a tube top! Ha! What's up with that? I'm sure they're thinking, "yeah it's like a Jame Bond femme fatal", but really it just looks like 13 year old boy fan service.
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Plus some of the characters look downright silly, i.e. the lady going to battle wearing a tube top! Ha! What's up with that? I'm sure they're thinking, "yeah it's like a Jame Bond femme fatal", but really it just looks like 13 year old boy fan service.
Posted: Oct 6th 2009 2:16PM (Unverified) said
I'm glad, Obsidian makes buggy shit. Fantastic ideas and equally horrible execution.
Hopefully they make it right by the time of release.
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Hopefully they make it right by the time of release.
Posted: Oct 6th 2009 2:22PM (Unverified) said
Spring 2010 is Mass Effect 2 domain. Sorry, Alpha Protocol. Your only chance now is to get absolutely stunning reviews and come out sufficiently earlier in the season than ME2.
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Posted: Oct 6th 2009 2:24PM (Unverified) said
This game like Operation Flashpoint were on my rent before buying list due to a UC2 and MW2 all within the next 35 days. I don't blame them for delaying it, especially after FO3 add on content was released for the PS3 last week. Had I not sold my FO3 copy (getting goty edition later this year) I would have picked up the addon in lieu of another $60 purchase no questions asked.
I suspected all along Alpha would have been an exceptional used game purchase next spring..looks like that is delayed as well.
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I suspected all along Alpha would have been an exceptional used game purchase next spring..looks like that is delayed as well.
Posted: Oct 6th 2009 2:33PM michaelwub said
Ah well. Sega have been delaying good games for years...
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Posted: Oct 6th 2009 2:40PM Lord Il Palazzo said
*Sigh*
2010, huh? -.- Who would've guessed....
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2010, huh? -.- Who would've guessed....
Posted: Oct 6th 2009 3:29PM (Unverified) said
At least the delay means that obsidian probably wont get kotor2'd on this one and forced to release the game before it is finished.
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Posted: Oct 6th 2009 5:33PM Odog4ever said
Wow. So they are going to release this after Mass Effect 2... I'm interested in the game but I thought that the original timing of the release was in their favor. It could have been a nice little distraction.
Now I get to play the drinking game of "how many negative comparisons to Mass Effect 2 can be squeezed into one review of a game that is not Mass Effect 2?". I will be wasted...
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Now I get to play the drinking game of "how many negative comparisons to Mass Effect 2 can be squeezed into one review of a game that is not Mass Effect 2?". I will be wasted...
Posted: Oct 6th 2009 6:57PM Maccadude33 said
Every good game is being pushed back to Q1! Agh! *Rips hair out.*
As much as I like ODST and the ever upcoming MW2, the games I really want keep getting delayed or were already pushed back... Splinter Cell, Bad Co. 2, ME2, and now this... Make it stop!
At least the KotOR restoration mod has hit beta. If only I could find a PC disc for it. The bugs crashed my Xbox several times over.
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As much as I like ODST and the ever upcoming MW2, the games I really want keep getting delayed or were already pushed back... Splinter Cell, Bad Co. 2, ME2, and now this... Make it stop!
At least the KotOR restoration mod has hit beta. If only I could find a PC disc for it. The bugs crashed my Xbox several times over.
Posted: Oct 6th 2009 8:11PM (Unverified) said
Whoa, cmon, what the foch.
I'll come clean: I was mocking people a couple months ago who were crying about all the games jumping ship. Back then it was just 4-5 AAA titles dodging Modern Warfare.
But we're at the point now where each successive delay becomes exponentially stupider. At this point, there really *is* no more room in Q1-Q2 2010. Meanwhile all that's left in 2009 is MWF2, Assassin's Creed, and a couple niche hits like Marvel Ultimate Alliance and Dragon Age. Thrown in Batman and Halo, which are already out, just to be fair.
That's quite a haircut from how this season was shaping up as recently as June.
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I'll come clean: I was mocking people a couple months ago who were crying about all the games jumping ship. Back then it was just 4-5 AAA titles dodging Modern Warfare.
But we're at the point now where each successive delay becomes exponentially stupider. At this point, there really *is* no more room in Q1-Q2 2010. Meanwhile all that's left in 2009 is MWF2, Assassin's Creed, and a couple niche hits like Marvel Ultimate Alliance and Dragon Age. Thrown in Batman and Halo, which are already out, just to be fair.
That's quite a haircut from how this season was shaping up as recently as June.
Posted: Oct 6th 2009 8:20PM Shadowbender said
Funny how it says on the bottom Sega PASS.
This gam, however, does look interesting, but all too similar.
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This gam, however, does look interesting, but all too similar.
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