Playstation 3 Games Delayed / Canceled
The PS3 launch is just over a week away, but unfortunately, we’re now hearing announcements of a couple games being delayed/canceled, with two more titles being pushed to 2007 if retailer dates are to be believed.
- Sonic the Hedgehog - According to IGN, Sega has decided to delay Sonic’s next-gen debut until sometime this holiday season, rather than at the PS3’s November 17 launch. This was reportedly done in order to allow more time to implement downloadable content for the title.
- NBA Live ‘07 - Electronic Arts has announced that a PS3 version won’t be released. A representative who spoke to IGN cited wanting to concentrate on NBA Street: Homecourt, due out early next year, as a reason why ‘07 for PS3 was canned (though a more likely reason is the sub-par gameplay and huge amount of bugs players have reported and documented in the already-released versions).
- F.E.A.R. - Going by listings at EBGames/Gamestop.com and Amazon, it looks like Vivendi’s FPS has been pushed back to February 6, 2007. F.E.A.R. was previously slated as a holiday 2006 release. Note that this delay has not officially been announced, but retailers don’t usually change their release dates like this just for the heck of it.
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblvion - This one may be delayed. Gamestop/EBGames.com lists it as a January 2007 release, while Amazon now shows an expected December 4, 2006 release. This goes against previous reports that the title would be out at launch (including a front-page Official Playstation Magazine story heralding the fact). Bethesda has not made any announcement on the status of its massive RPG, so make of this what you will.
