Shadows of the Damned and Alice: Madness Returns get June release dates

by Andrew Yoon on Mar 1st 2011 7:20PM

Halloween is in October, EA.

It looks like the publisher has forgotten that, pegging June as the month to release two of its upcoming horror games. Shadows of the Damned, a "psychological action thriller" from Shinji Mikami and Goichi Suda, is the first slated for release: June 7. CVG notes that this is a "worldwide" release date. A week later, on June 14, is Alice: Madness Returns, EA's sequel to the classic American McGee platformer.

Two horror games, two weeks. But we can't help but wonder: will one be a trick while the other a treat?

Source: CVG

Tags: alice-madness-returns, ea, gdc-2011, microsoft, pc, playstation, ps3, release-date, shadows-of-the-damned, xbox

Reader Comments (13)

A note for the pubs: June 7 is the start of E3. If I were a potential customer to buy Shadow of the Damned, and if I'm a gamer who keeps up with the industry news, I might be a tad busy-- maybe a bit too busy to buy that game.

Oh, and high five to you, Mr. Yoon. Clever question at the end.

@Shadowbender

...then play it later?

Sorry Suda, but my money is going to inFamous 2 that day.

Surprised to be seeing either of these so soon, especially having seen almost nothing of either one. The games are coming fast and loose now!

I foresee Shadows of the Damned being the treat that month

Consider both bought. :)

umm...wait what? aren't these games geared towards similar audiences? why release them so soon to compete with each other?

and why release shadow of the damned on the same day as Infamous 2 and during E3 week? A new IP performs best when it is the most high profile launch of the week and the retail/online stores can feature it and the media can give its review premium placement on the site and it is the main topic of blogs and podcasts. It's just going to get lost in that week. Didn't EA learn from their mistake of launching Mirror's Edge the same day as Call of Duty: World at War?

@(Unverified)

There's a difference between releasing a new game on the same day as a multiplatform game, as releasing a new game on the same day as an exclusive.

Sure there are a lot of people who own both consoles, but a single platform game isn't going to have the same effect as a multi.

@This Little Man Says His Name Is
Certainly, I agree that there is a difference, especially bc Sony lets reviews of their games go up weeks in advance to build buzz, giving Shadow of the Damned an opening (as what happened with Killzone and Bulletstorm). But the coverage of E3 will push this game down the priority list. But Infamous 2 will get the premium placement on retail shelves in the PS3 section.