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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Mafia 2 coming before July 31, 2010]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/17/mafia-2-coming-before-july-31-2010/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/17/mafia-2-coming-before-july-31-2010/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/17/mafia-2-coming-before-july-31-2010/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/12/mafiaheaderimg580pxq32010.jpg" /></div>
During the <em>always thrilling</em> Take-Two Interactive <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/17/take-two-revenues-up-in-q4-down-overall-for-the-year/">quarterly investors call</a> this afternoon, the ever-elusive <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/mafia-2">Mafia 2</a></em> received an almost, kinda sorta release date: Q3 2010. When applying Take-Two's Q3 dates to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar">Gregorian calendar</a> that most folks on this planet use, we can infer that the game will arrive somewhere between May 1 and July 31. This isn't to say that the title is a shoe-in for release, though, with company CEO Strauss Zelnick saying the game is "scheduled to fall in our third quarter." Remember when <em>Max Payne 3</em> was scheduled for <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/03/23/max-payne-3-coming-to-xbox-360-ps3-pc-this-winter/">release in Winter of 2009</a>? <em>Exactly</em>.<br />
<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/mafia-ii/">Mafia II</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/mafia-ii/#1502852"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/04/mafia_ii_march_09_online_screenshot_1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/mafia-ii/#747114"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/04/mafia-2-city04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/mafia-ii/#1502853"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/04/mafia_ii_march_09_online_screenshot_2_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/mafia-ii/#747115"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/04/mafia-2-city07_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/mafia-ii/#1502854"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/04/mafia_ii_march_09_online_screenshot_3_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/17/mafia-2-coming-before-july-31-2010/">Mafia 2 coming before July 31, 2010</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/17/mafia-2-coming-before-july-31-2010/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/19286118/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/17/mafia-2-coming-before-july-31-2010/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>mafia</category><category>mafia-2</category><category>max-payne-3</category><category>Microsoft</category><category>q3-2010</category><category>q4-2009</category><category>release-date</category><category>strauss-zelnick</category><category>take-two</category><category>take-two-interactive</category><category>Xbox-360</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Gilbert]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dante's Inferno escapes hell development in February]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/18/dantes-inferno-escapes-development-hell-in-february/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/18/dantes-inferno-escapes-development-hell-in-february/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/18/dantes-inferno-escapes-development-hell-in-february/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"><img vspace="0" hspace="0" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/08/dantes-inferno-060209.jpg" /><br /></div>
EA's jaunt into the underworld finally has a firm release date: February 9 in North America and February 12 in Europe. <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/dantes-inferno"><em>Dante's Inferno</em></a> is set to release simultaneously on the PS3, PSP and Xbox 360, with <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/07/production-i-g-admits-involvement-in-dantes-inferno-anime/">an animated feature</a> launching alongside the game and <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/20/dantes-inferno-spawns-dc-comic/">a comic</a> arriving in December. If you're wondering what you should do with the months leading up to the game's release, might we suggest reading<em> Divine Comedy</em> to observe all of the differences between the game and the original work? <br /><br />We don't mean to nitpick, but we've already noticed a few here and there.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/18/dantes-inferno-escapes-development-hell-in-february/">Dante's Inferno escapes hell development in February</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:10:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://news.ea.com/portal/site/ea/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;ndmConfigId=1012492&amp;newsId=20090818005111&amp;newsLang=en>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/18/dantes-inferno-escapes-development-hell-in-february/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/19132773/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/18/dantes-inferno-escapes-development-hell-in-february/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>dantes-inferno</category><category>ea</category><category>Electronic-Arts</category><category>gamescom-2009</category><category>Microsoft</category><category>q1-2010</category><category>q4-2009</category><category>visceral-games</category><category>Xbox-360</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Hinkle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:10:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
