Mercenaries 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company Delayed

By Chris on Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 at 8:06 PM PST In Electronic Arts, Game Companies, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Games, Microsoft, Sony

battlefield bad company Mercenaries 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company Delayed

Another announcement to come out of EA’s recent conference call regarding Q3 earnings was that both Mercenaries 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company have been delayed into fiscal year 2009. In other words, the soonest either title will come out is April 1, 2008.

“We’ve made the decision to move Battlefield: Bad Company and Mercenaries 2 into fiscal 2009,” said John Riccitiello, CEO of Electronic Arts. “Both titles are looking great, and we believe with additional polish, we will build a better consumer experience and thereby maximize our economics.”

Riccitiello made it very clear that he would be willing to delay titles to ensure that they were high quality – something gamers will certainly appreciate, especially from a company like EA that is normally pegged as pushing things out the door to make money.

via 1UP

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16 Comments on “Mercenaries 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company Delayed”

  1. Joelteon7 says:

    Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.

    I really wanted B:BC. It looks awesome. Best be even more awesome on release.

  2. License to ill says:

    Yeah I was looking forward to bbc after watching all the game clips on gametrailer …

  3. TechEEK says:

    The delay should nt happen :sad:
    You start losing intrest…

  4. Dragon says:

    Now you know why people have a dislike for EA, wonder if the UK release is affected since it was apparently due out in 5 days.

  5. Joelteon7 says:

    Actually, if EA is good for one thing, it’s worldwide release dates being pretty close. I think BF2142 was only a couple of days later in Europe than in the US. Unfortunately, whoever said it was out in the UK in about 5 days are evil liars, otherwise I’d have been on it SO quickly.

  6. havoc of smeg says:

    and i was having such a nice day until i read this. i was really looking forward to mercenaries 2.

    @joelteon7

    play.com had mercs 2 listed as being out on the 8th of february, with was also backed up by my local gamestation store.

  7. matt says:

    A man …. i want battlefield bc SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BAAAAAAAAADDDDDDdd…. O AND FRICK….. IF THEY RELEASE IT IN APRIL THAN WE WONT BE ABLE TO PLAY IT OVER SPRING BREAK…frick ….its gonna be the best game ever still.

  8. Annom says:

    I couldn’t care less about mercs 2 but B:BC is looking good.

  9. Dragon says:

    Gameplay.co.uk now lists it as being out in 53 days, Play.com also says 28/03.

  10. Nathan says:

    I’m so f—— mad about mercs2 being delayed s— f— d— f— f— f—!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  11. Nathan says:

    By the way Esrb rating system sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  12. robert says:

    this as pissed me off why did they delay it i went into fucken game the day and they never had it there a was sooooooooooooo pisssssssssssssssssssssssed off they are tubes sooooooooooooooooo much

  13. Nathan says:

    do you like esrb :???: :?: :???: :???: :???:

  14. mikey says:

    WUT THE FUCK….y hasnt mercs 2 cum out yet :twisted:

  15. Nathan says:

    exactly i dont know :???:

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