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No Afrika for Europe, world ends

May 27th, 2008 @ 15:15
By Patrick Garratt

SCEE’s now decided there is some news on Afrika, telling Eurogamer the game won’t be releasing in Europe.

And that’s it. Can we stop talking about it now?

Posted in: Japan, PS3, Simulation, Sony

CommentsViewing 29 responses

  1. Psychotext said:

    May 27, 2008 at 3:29 pm

    I’d get angry over the usual screwing of Europe… except, well, I don’t care.

  3. Harry said:

    May 27, 2008 at 3:41 pm

    Hurrah I can finally post again!

  4. Blerk said:

    May 27, 2008 at 3:41 pm

    OH N… wait, I don’t care either.

  5. patlike said:

    May 27, 2008 at 3:42 pm

    I’d go as far as to say I’m actually glad.

  6. Harry said:

    May 27, 2008 at 3:43 pm

    I’m not that bothered.

  7. Blerk said:

    May 27, 2008 at 3:55 pm

    Of course, PS3 games are region-free anyway… :-)

  8. Spiral said:

    May 27, 2008 at 3:57 pm

    Not caring probably scares Sony more at the minute than getting angry.

  9. McLovin85 said:

    May 27, 2008 at 4:02 pm

    Well the fact that i don’t even know what it’s about means i never really was excited about it in the first place.

  10. G1GAHURTZ said:

    May 27, 2008 at 4:07 pm

    Somewhat ironic, since strangely enough, Sony actually classes Africa (along with Russia and the Middle East!) as being part of Europe.

    So maybe the title of this story should be: ‘No Afrika for Africa’…

  11. morriss said:

    May 27, 2008 at 4:29 pm

    Well I’m in the pissed off camp. A beautiful looking game that looked like it would offer a completely unique experience, and we don’t get it.

  12. Blerk said:

    May 27, 2008 at 4:31 pm

    Given that we hardly knew anything about it it’s difficult to get worked up about a non-release. Of course, if when it finally breaks cover it’s the “bestest game ever” then you are officially allowed to bitch and whine like a forumite.

  13. Killerbee said:

    May 27, 2008 at 4:37 pm

    I had this pegged as an Endless Ocean-esque slightly vacant non-game interactive experience sort of title. All pretty pictures and not much to do.

    Ergo I’m not really that bothered by the fact it’s not getting released in Europe. I’m generally all in favour of any excuse to berate Sony for their shoddy treatment of European gamers, but this one just really makes no difference whatsoever to me.

    Can we have another story which gives me a good excuse to rant about the fact we still don’t have that 80GB MGS4 bundle over here, please? :)

  14. morriss said:

    May 27, 2008 at 4:39 pm

    Thanks for judging, Blerk. (y)nI really don’t need permission on how I post.

    This game was a factor in my decision to buy a PS3. The video looked great and related a quiet, serene atmosphere which I was really looking forward to experience.

  15. Psychotext said:

    May 27, 2008 at 5:06 pm

    morriss: You can still import it… just don’t expect to be able to understand it unless they’ve done English subtitles.

  16. morriss said:

    May 27, 2008 at 5:09 pm

    Yeah, it’s just a bit of a blow as I was really looking forward to it. No-one else was, that’s fine, but I bought my PS3 for something different, which this game definitely looks.

    Hopefully they’ll get it in the US. That wasn’t confirmed or denied.

  17. Shatner said:

    May 27, 2008 at 5:10 pm

    How to increase demand of your game: deny it to portion of your customers and then release some ’special edition’ 6 months later with some extra bugs fixed.

    Oooh. Get me. I’m such a cynic.

  18. Psychotext said:

    May 27, 2008 at 5:13 pm

    Shatner: That worked for increasing PS3 demand in Europe… maybe they’re onto something!

  19. DrDamn said:

    May 27, 2008 at 5:55 pm

    I was looking forward to this too morriss. Possible it’ll just be published by someone else? Either way if it is good I’ll import.

  20. Enkeixpress said:

    May 27, 2008 at 6:02 pm

    WTF. argh man thats Bullshit right there man…

    aaaargh come on!!!

    … Fek it, I’ll import it.

  21. ecu said:

    May 27, 2008 at 7:36 pm

    “I had this pegged as an Endless Ocean-esque slightly vacant non-game interactive experience sort of title.”

    Which is exactly why I *really* want it. I’m hopeful for a US release still.

  22. patlike said:

    May 27, 2008 at 7:40 pm

    I had this pegged as a tech demo, personally.

  23. morriss said:

    May 27, 2008 at 7:43 pm

    @ecu: Exactly.

    @pat: If it’s driving round, taking pictures of animals, all with fantastic graphics and lovely music, then I don’t care what bracket it comes under. :)

  24. Blerk said:

    May 28, 2008 at 8:14 am

    Aw, don’t be mad, morriss. I was only messing with you. In a non-sexual way.

  25. morriss said:

    May 28, 2008 at 11:37 am

    Yeah, you’re right, sorry. I was under exam pressure yesterday and went off one a bit. I’m a bit emo, you know. :)

  26. Blerk said:

    May 28, 2008 at 11:41 am

    I’m not kissing and making up.

  27. Blerk said:

    June 6, 2008 at 3:36 pm

    Just to rub a bit of salt into the wound, here’s a new trailer showing some gameplay (apparently, I’ve not watched it yet):
    http://tinyurl.com/5s3wu2

  28. morriss said:

    June 6, 2008 at 4:04 pm

    Yeah, it should have been on the site this morning.

    /glares at Pat

  29. SplatteredHouse said:

    June 6, 2008 at 4:45 pm

    I wasn’t even watching the HD version, and I thought it was great. :) I especially liked the bit where the bloke (that could, all too easily, pass for Jurassic Park’s Alan Grant) was running around in third-person perspective, trying to keep pace with fleeing animals, and how he was climbing trees!

    You’d think someone will see a great opportunity in releasing this here, really.

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