El Shaddai officially delayed until August 16

by JC Fletcher on Jul 18th 2011 5:15PM

Your faith in the official North American release date for El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is about to be shaken. Ignition Entertainment's New Business Development Director Shane Bettenhausen confirmed the shift in date from July 26 to August 16 in a statement to Joystiq, citing "unforeseen logistical issues." The September 1 release in Europe is still on track. Bettenhausen apologized for the "minor delay."

Looking on the bright side (which is bright only for us), we suddenly find ourselves with much more time to complete our review, which is nice. For us.

Tags: delays, el-shaddai, El-Shaddai-Ascension-of-the-Metatron, ignition-entertainment, microsoft, playstation, ps3, xbox

Reader Comments (14)

Looking forward to it, I thought the demo was quite intriguing. And "stealing" the enemies weapons through a much welcome variety in the hack'n'slash genre.

@TheShaper
*brings a much welcome...

Seriously, WTF.

If they don't do something, quick, this is going to end up selling about as well as Child of Eden.

@Assmar Yeah, I hope those "unforeseen logistical issues" are, "we realized that only about seven people know what our game is because we forgot to market it."

@whatisdelicious
Totally true. I learned about it when it popped up on the Game Demos tab on the XBL. At least I have the habit to download just about anything that shows up there and in this case I'm glad that I do.

Good for them to move off of the Catherine date. Both have a heavy Japanese flair with unique, original concepts.

Loved the demo. Felt somewhat similar to Prince of Persia 08, which I loved.

@Truant

The Prince of Persia 2008 reboot was the best thing to happen to the series since the original Sands of Time. Everything else has been a major letdown.

Fall season is being packed with games.
I hope they get their title in among those AAA hits.

On a side note:
Joystiq app is functional again. Thank goodness.

I kind of feel like this game stands more of a chance to sell with Catherine versus Deus Ex and Madden. Madden is a different crowd I'm sure, but who knows.

My impression from the demo is that they have a lot of great ideas here, art-style included, but the execution could use more refinement (for example, difficult to tell sometimes where you might land after a jump in 3rd person). We'll see what the final version looks like...