Mercenaries 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company Delayed
Posted by Chris on Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 at 8:06 pm under Electronic Arts, Game Companies, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Games, Microsoft, Sony
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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February 2nd, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.
I really wanted B:BC. It looks awesome. Best be even more awesome on release.
February 3rd, 2008 at 12:20 am
Yeah I was looking forward to bbc after watching all the game clips on gametrailer …
February 3rd, 2008 at 4:56 am
The delay should nt happen
You start losing intrest…
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:23 am
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.
February 3rd, 2008 at 9:58 am
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.
February 3rd, 2008 at 2:20 pm
[...] soonest anyone will could possibly see these titles on store shelves is April 1 '08. EA CEO John Riccitiello: "We've made the decision to move Battlefield: Bad Company and Mercenaries 2 into [...]
February 3rd, 2008 at 3:03 pm
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.
February 3rd, 2008 at 5:48 pm
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.
February 3rd, 2008 at 7:50 pm
I couldn't care less about mercs 2 but B:BC is looking good.
February 4th, 2008 at 10:24 am
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February 4th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Gameplay.co.uk now lists it as being out in 53 days, Play.com also says 28/03.
February 7th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
I'm so f—— mad about mercs2 being delayed s— f— d— f— f— f—!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 7th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
February 7th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
By the way Esrb rating system sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 8th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
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
February 8th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
do you like esrb
March 2nd, 2008 at 4:26 pm
WUT THE FUCK….y hasnt mercs 2 cum out yet
March 8th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
exactly i dont know