Tomb Raider udsat

Så skete det igen! Endnu et spil har i dag fået det forbudte ord, 'udsat', smidt på sig som et vådt håndklæde, og denne gang er det endnu et spil, som jeg har set frem til: Tomb Raider, udviklet af Crystal Dynamics med Square Enix som udgiver. Tomb Raider skulle give Lara Croft den reboot, som hun så vitterligt har fortjent, men nu har Square Enix altså meldt ud til de hungrende fans, at Lara Croft først bliver genfødt i 2013. Hvad i alverden er årsagen? Den samme som Ken Levines, da Irrational Games udsatte Bioshock Infinite til 2013: Kvalitet.

"Our priority now is to make sure we fully deliver the very highest quality game. In order to do this, we have decided to move the game's release date by a few months, from Fall 2012 to the first quarter of 2013", siger Darrell Gallagher, lederen af Crystal Dynamics. Tomb Raider var oprindeligt sat til at blive udgivet i efteråret 2012, men det bliver et hårdt efterår, så en del af mig kan sagtens forstå deres beslutninger. Hvis vi ser bort fra Activision's årlige monster, Call of Duty, så er der også et andet spil, der formentligt bliver udgivet i efteråret. Rockstar Games præsenterer... Grand Theft Auto V. Konkurrencen bliver hård! Det bliver spændende at se, om flere spil bliver udsat til næste år. Nu må jeg, og de mange fans, vente endnu længere på at spille Tomb Raider og Bioshock Infinite. Hvad bliver mon det næste?


English version:

So it happened again! Yet another game just got the ill word, 'delayed', slapped on it like a wet towel, and this time it's another one of those few games that I am absolutely looking forward to: Tomb Raider, developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix. The game was meant to give Lara Croft the reboot that she certainly deserves, but Square Enix has just announced that the rebirth will be delayed until 2013. What could cause this? The same thing that made Ken Levine from Irrational Games postpone Bioshock Infinite: quality.

"Our priority now is to make sure we fully deliver the very highest quality game. In order to do this, we have decided to move the game's release date by a few months, from Fall 2012 to the first quarter of 2013", says Darrell Gallagher, head of Crystal Dynamics. The game was originally supposed to be released in the fall of 2012 but then again it will be a tough fall. Besides Activision's annual monster, Call of Duty, there is another game that might just be released in the fall as well. Rockstar Games presents... Grand Theft Auto V. The competition will be tough! It will be interesting to see if there's more games that will be delayed until next year, so the question is: what next?