PS3 owners hoping that the mass-slippage of Unreal Engine 3 games is over will be disappointed to hear that Stranglehold, originally heading to PS3 next month has been pushed back.
Dutch site PS3Only received word from Midway this afternoon that the PS3 version of the John Woo shooter - which was already scheduled weeks behind the PC and 360 versions - has been pushed back for an unknown amount of time and will not make the previous September release.
Midway announced that both the PC and Xbox 360 versions of the game will be released on August 27.
This marks the latest in a long line of tardy Unreal Engine 3 games on PS3, including Rainbow Six Vegas, GRAW 2, Fatal Inertia and Medal of Honor: Airborne - which is due for release months after the Xbox 360 version.
Epic's own Unreal Tournament III is due out later this year, by which time, we suspect, UE3 games will suddenly start coming out on time.
Id' new Id Tech 5 engine, which powers the gorgeous shooter Rage, is claimed to work simultaneously across all platforms. If true, this could prove to be a huge draw to developers after UE3's PS3 troubles.
PS3 owners might have to make do with Heavenly Sword for now then. We're currently waiting for Midway's official word on the delay, and will report back sharpish when we do.
UPDATE: Midway has contacted CVG stating that "PS3 is due for Sept 17th, 360 and PC on Sept 7th," but didn't comment on the delay report. Is it on track after all then?
The devs need to start pulling their fingers out. As for Stranglehold... DL'd the 360 demo last and after the initial 5 minutes of "ooh, that was cool" it got pretty samey and boring pretty quickly. Don't think I'll be wasting my money on either version... and I already have Hard Boiled on DVD.
ps3 is future proof' haha cause u wont get ure games till the future! this is funny...pld the demo off live,great stuff! love the way u can destroy everything,gonna get it 4 sure!wasnt to sure about the grfx but after playin it through a few times it worn on me.great mini games i might add! makes u feel like a bad ass!n1 midway! not that ive ever liked ure games b4...hmm maybe a couple.this will tide me over nicely while i wait 4 that o so precious halo 3 arrr man i carnt wait.peace out
yet another forum taken over by a fanboy that has a conversation with himself and is unable to use proper English language.
ps3 is future proof' haha cause u wont get ure games till the future! this is funny...pld the demo off live,great stuff! love the way u can destroy everything,gonna get it 4 sure!wasnt to sure about the grfx but after playin it through a few times it worn on me.great mini games i might add! makes u feel like a bad ass!n1 midway! not that ive ever liked ure games b4...hmm maybe a couple.this will tide me over nicely while i wait 4 that o so precious halo 3 arrr man i carnt wait.peace out
Anyway, back to the subject. I'm not too worried about this happening as long as the games come out and don't contain any bugs that would have been present if they stuck to the release dates.
yet another forum taken over by a fanboy that has a conversation with himself and is unable to use proper English language.
ps3 is future proof' haha cause u wont get ure games till the future! this is funny...pld the demo off live,great stuff! love the way u can destroy everything,gonna get it 4 sure!wasnt to sure about the grfx but after playin it through a few times it worn on me.great mini games i might add! makes u feel like a bad ass!n1 midway! not that ive ever liked ure games b4...hmm maybe a couple.this will tide me over nicely while i wait 4 that o so precious halo 3 arrr man i carnt wait.peace out
Anyway, back to the subject. I'm not too worried about this happening as long as the games come out and don't contain any bugs that would have been present if they stuck to the release dates.
lol, you have to admit, his first sentence is kinda funny regardless though
Epic are having some serious Unreal 3 issues on the PS3 though, Sony must be seriously pi$$ed as they bought it to license it for the PS3 dev platform
jesus the more weeks that roll by & no new PS3 games? where are they?, plus all the up & coming games are getting delayed.... there's not a single reason to buy a PS3 at the moment, total waste of money, i'm not gonna spend 400 quid on a corn that "might" pop...
With all these ps3 game delays it does make you think if the ps3 is a contributor towards the GTA4 delay.
If then why wouldnt Rockstar publish thw Xbox360 game and then lets the whole GTA team work on the PS3 ???
However It seems that Developers haven't got used to the Cell Processor too quickly.
Especially when they are being bought out by Sony, lmao
haha, good ol' insane rumours.
Microsoft were also linked to a buy-out a while back. Both companies have contracts saying neither platform will get it after the other, so the game can't be released on just one console first.
Hasnt this happened with other ps3 titles that arent running on UE3? Dirt and The darkness spring to mind as late arrivals.
The Darkness came out on time in the United States. Only the European version was delayed. Same goes for PotC and Spider-Man 3. These three games were mysteriously delayed in Europe. I'm guessing this had something to do with the disc manufacturing process in Europe. DiRT was delayed on purpose because Sony promised to help Codemasters with the game so that the framerate doesn't suck like on 360. All other victims including the Ubisoft games are UE3 titles.
I do find this quite interesting. Only a few days ago Midway were saying this game would be the top multi-platform title this year. I can't help but link this to the sudden and mysterious GTA delay. Perhaps the Cell isn't cut out for a games console or maybe its just a case of the UE3 not being optimized for PS3... Either way I enjoyed the demo and will be picking this game up some time this year.
jesus the more weeks that roll by & no new PS3 games? where are they?, plus all the up & coming games are getting delayed.... there's not a single reason to buy a PS3 at the moment, total waste of money, i'm not gonna spend 400 quid on a corn that "might" pop...
Corn that might pop....Brilliant description of the PS3 thus far.
according to this the rumours of a delay are false
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3161861
Unsubstantiated rumors (i.e. no one decided to ask Midway) this morning suggested Stranglehold for the PlayStation 3, which is already releasing a few weeks after its Xbox 360 and PC counterparts, would be missing its September release date completely and moving to an unspecified launch window. Obviously, given the game's based on the Unreal Engine 3, many started trying to "connect the dots," given the engine's trouble on the platform. 1UP asked Midway what the deal was -- but there's nothing to report. Midway's European public relations counterparts simply forgot to attach a release date in a news blast about Stranglehold and the Internet ran with it. As of today, Stranglehold for PS3 is still on track for its previously announced September 17th release.
What it can't be delayed!!! Ps3 games are never delayed, NEVER it's Microsofts fault somehow, just like GTA4 it was the damn 360's fault i tell you, the PS3's developement runs like a swiss watch!!! No you're wrong it's not been delayed, i'm not listening anymore, BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH, i've got my fingers in my ears, I CAN'T HEAR YOU BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!!!
theideal wrote: The devs need to start pulling their fingers out.
Malky the Alky wrote: Errmmm, no. $ony need to start making consoles that are easier and more profitable to program for.
Well, kind of... PS3 new + new techno-gubbins = time to build tools and optimise engines already in existence. Makes more sense to me, that does...
Corn that might pop....Brilliant description of the PS3 thus far.
Yes, because Sony, being a chicken s**t outfit, will sink out of existance and the entire platform will crumble.
Or....
Games will get released for it and you'll probably end up with one.
...or maybe its just a case of the UE3 not being optimized for PS3
Bingo, not that it's a fact that Stranglehold is delayed. Nothign official has been announced yet?
But, it's common knowledge that the unreal engine isn't clicking in place, hassle free, with the PS3... but then, it hasn't been a cake-walk for the 360, either.
The most important thing I got from this story is ID's Rage engine being optimised for all 3 powerful games platforms... sounds like Epic might fall off the throne if ID's boasts are real.
DiRT was delayed on purpose because Sony promised to help Codemasters with the game so that the framerate doesn't suck like on 360.
The framerate doesn't suck on the 360...
Framedrops equal sucky framerate in a racegame.
If the 360 game had all that extra time for development, then it would have been exactly the same as the PS3 version.
Those comments don't mean jack s**t though, as DiRT is such a p**s poor game anyway.
That is true, it just means the delay didn't have anything to do with the PS3 being harder to program for, but with the 360 version being rushed out the door.
What are you...? Twelve? That sort of thing instantly screams, as much as I hate the term, fanboy. Whether you are or aren't makes no difference, typing that immediately tars you with that brush and sets off (maybe unfairly, I don't really know you) the t**t bells.
Same goes for the M$-typing idiots too. It instantly makes you all look like snooker cues.
... And also people who write sk8... Off topic but it gets on my nerves. Stop it. You're not cool.
Either way if it has or hasn't been delayed as far as i'm aware the 360 version launches on the 7th Sept and the PS3 on the 21st Sept so key titles for the PS3 still arn't launching together on both consoles.
Any delay to games on the PS3 is bad news as the range of games right now are pretty week and we PS3 owners could be faced with too many games coming out in such a short space of time probably late Sept to mid Nov for the key titles this year.
It would be nice to get more than one half decent game out for the PS3 once in a while.
And not going off topic but where's the PSeye and Singstar these titles were supposed to be out this summer which is almost over but keep slipping back so it's not only games that use the UE3 to power their games that go M.I.A.
yet another forum taken over by a fanboy that has a conversation with himself and is unable to use proper English language.
ps3 is future proof' haha cause u wont get ure games till the future! this is funny...pld the demo off live,great stuff! love the way u can destroy everything,gonna get it 4 sure!wasnt to sure about the grfx but after playin it through a few times it worn on me.great mini games i might add! makes u feel like a bad ass!n1 midway! not that ive ever liked ure games b4...hmm maybe a couple.this will tide me over nicely while i wait 4 that o so precious halo 3 arrr man i carnt wait.peace out
Anyway, back to the subject. I'm not too worried about this happening as long as the games come out and don't contain any bugs that would have been present if they stuck to the release dates.
Someone needs to create anti-console fanboy spray to find away around this console fanboy situation.
tbo as a PS3 owner I could not give a crap if any game comes out months before on xbox360 since I dont own one and dont plan to own one, I can wait a few weeks for a game, the world isnt going to end and I have quite a few games already I need to complete.
As for people making the decision on which console to buy I'm sure multiformat games arent going to make that decision, it will be the exlucsives that will be the biggest draw.
Im sure as time goes on and developers improve with the ps3 they will catch up and release dates will be the same, and probably a few developers will develop for the ps3 as the lead console and then port to the 360 once they get to grips with it (since this has been reported to be alot easier than the other way round).
It has not been delayed in the U.S confrimed by Midway U.S, so it maybe just be Europe which is no suprise these days.. so if you want the game then import if you wanted the special edition with the movie you had to import anyway..
Gamecube had this problem last generation, I used to get really p**sed off seeing 3rd party games come out on other consoles a good month before they hit Cube.
Probably wasn't because of the same reason. probably more to down with nobody played Gamecube. But still, it was very annoying for Cube owners.
What are you...? Twelve? That sort of thing instantly screams, as much as I hate the term, fanboy. Whether you are or aren't makes no difference, typing that immediately tars you with that brush and sets off (maybe unfairly, I don't really know you) the t**t bells.
Same goes for the M$-typing idiots too. It instantly makes you all look like snooker cues.
... And also people who write sk8... Off topic but it gets on my nerves. Stop it. You're not cool.
Does it really look like I care what you think?
As long as my sentences make sense, are punctuated to a certain degree and do not include "txt talk" or t**ttish things like "fo' shizzle", I couldn't really care what it makes me look like.
Who are you? My English teacher from 17 years ago? My mother? No, so kindly keep your grammer policing to yourself next time, it makes you look like a menstruating female.
Don't know, can't see you. For all I know you could be weeping onto your keyboard, heartbroken that someone doesn't like the 'cool' way you write Sony.
With all these ps3 game delays it does make you think if the ps3 is a contributor towards the GTA4 delay.
if this was tha case then GTA IV would be released this year. microsoft have had it made so that it has to be released on 360 first or at tha same time.
Fairly disappointing demo for me. All I could think was "For $30 million budget these are the quality of cut-scenes your producing!?"
The game play was...ok.
It felt like it had some really cool concepts, I liked how you could interact with the environment like rails, the precision aim thing was pretty damn cool, and the overall speed and mobility of the character was refreshing. The stand-off feature was really cool, though it did feel like it would get old fairly fast. Despite those good elements, the enemy AI, and lame gunfights just ruined it. If all the game is wave after wave of the same brain-dead enemies, it will be a long repetitive ride.
I'll probably rent this someday, but no purchase based on the demo.
well, for starters it hasn't been delayed on the PS3 (well, not since the original delay). also, does anyone besides me buy a console for its EXCLUSIVE games moreso than for multiplatform releases? i hear more fanboy bickering about multiplatformers than anything else. you will NEVER be able to tell a system's true power by a game thats (supposedly) been optimized for multiple platforms (sans RAGE); hence using multiplatform games as the basis for arguing which system is the most powerful is redundant and shortsighted. Rainbow Six on the PS3 looks about 98% as good as it does on the 360. however, MGS4, Uncharted, Lair (graphically speaking), Ratchet and Clank 5, Heavy Rain, Heavenly Sword and Haze all blow Rainbow Six (both PS3 and 360 versions) clean out of the water in the graphics department.
Don't know, can't see you. For all I know you could be weeping onto your keyboard, heartbroken that someone doesn't like the 'cool' way you write Sony.
The first three don't matter... you missed out the $s... and the opportunity for NintŁndo
Well done....
*slow claps*
You have replied with nothing more than my youngest son of 8 could've replied with.
It's only you that is making a song and dance out of it, if you don't like it, tough. This is a message board, what did you expect? Stephen Kings next novel? I can type whatever I like, within reason.
Now grow up and stop whining about pathetic little things.
Don't know, can't see you. For all I know you could be weeping onto your keyboard, heartbroken that someone doesn't like the 'cool' way you write Sony.
The first three don't matter... you missed out the $s... and the opportunity for NintŁndo
Well done....
*slow claps*
You have replied with nothing more than my youngest son of 8 could've replied with.
It's only you that is making a song and dance out of it, if you don't like it, tough. This is a message board, what did you expect? Stephen Kings next novel? I can type whatever I like, within reason.
Now grow up and stop whining about pathetic little things.
Chill out, grandad. It stopped being serious about seven or eight posts ago. Take a breath and relax.
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ps3 is future proof' haha cause u wont get ure games till the future! this is funny...pld the demo off live,great stuff! love the way u can destroy everything,gonna get it 4 sure!wasnt to sure about the grfx but after playin it through a few times it worn on me.great mini games i might add! makes u feel like a bad ass!n1 midway! not that ive ever liked ure games b4...hmm maybe a couple.this will tide me over nicely while i wait 4 that o so precious halo 3 arrr man i carnt wait.peace out
Sony delaying GTA 4's release on the 360 just because they cant get it ready on time for PS3 Ha Ha Ha Ha 
