Thu, Jan 14, 2010 | 15:15 GMT
Splinter Cell: Conviction delayed to “add more polish”, says Ubisoft
Ubisoft has told Eurogamer Splinter Cell: Conviction was delayed last night was to “add more polish”.
“The game looks brilliant, but we want it to be awesome,” said a rep from the company.
Conviction was down for an confirmed date of February 26, but Ubisoft pulled the date from the game, now pegging it for April.
A specific date wasn’t forthcoming from the company last night.
Ubi has been steadily ramping up the title’s presence this year, having confirmed split-screen co-op and the game’s Deniable Ops co-op mode already in January.
And don’t forget the Collector’s Edition: it’s got a Sam statue.
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Posted in: Hot, PC, Shooter, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
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21 comments
#1
The Hindle
14/01/10, 3:18 pm
The game was looking superb as it is, didnt need any more polish
#2
Doc Robotnik
14/01/10, 3:19 pm
“The game looks brilliant, but we want it to be awesome,”
Dude needs a better thesaurus – there’s no hierarchical order to those two adjectives.
Incidentally, I think they’re just moving it into a nice empty slot, rather than face-off against Bioshock 2 et al.
#3
No_PUDding
14/01/10, 3:20 pm
Add more Polish? I have heard they are good workers.
#4
The Hindle
14/01/10, 3:24 pm
Yep you cant beat the poles lol get them to do the game would be done in half the time
#5
No_PUDding
14/01/10, 3:27 pm
But you’ve clearly misinterpretted this headline, Hindle!
They clearly want more Polish people/places in the fiction, not Polish developers.
HOW DROLE!
#6
Alakratt
14/01/10, 3:28 pm
I could swear they said the EXACT same thing the last time they delayed it.
#7
Gheritt White
14/01/10, 3:31 pm
Again with the crummy localisations causing delays. Vot iz zis?
#8
reask
14/01/10, 3:32 pm
^yeah a lot of delays on this alright.
#9
The Hindle
14/01/10, 3:34 pm
Lol Pud i meant polish as in more work not the country.
#10
No_PUDding
14/01/10, 3:42 pm
I am absolutely certain he did not mean that.
These PR men need to be careful with synonyms. It gets ‘thickos’ like yourself really confused.
#11
The Hindle
14/01/10, 3:44 pm
So the game needs more polish people to make it, he was on about more time and more tweaking pud
#12
onlineatron
14/01/10, 4:20 pm
Nope… We all know the best games need more Poles.
#13
The Hindle
14/01/10, 4:21 pm
Lol this has lost me now
#14
No_PUDding
14/01/10, 4:26 pm
I quit while I was ahead.
#15
Gekidami
14/01/10, 4:29 pm
“More polish” = Pushed back by publisher because they no longer think it would be a good idea to release it on the old release date.
#16
AHA-Lambda
14/01/10, 5:07 pm
“Incidentally, I think they’re just moving it into a nice empty slot, rather than face-off against Bioshock 2 et al.”
This. I mean it was releasing on the same day as heavy rain aswell
#17
Moonwalker1982
14/01/10, 5:56 pm
Watch the co-op movies of the game, and notice the heavy framedrops at a certain point. I bet they are polishing that stuff.
#18
onlineatron
14/01/10, 6:01 pm
@16
True, but developers/publishers are getting ridiculous.
If a big hitter like Splinter Cell feels the need to move then tons of smaller games are going to move as well and then we’ll just end up with a clogged up Spring/Summer period.
Capcom have already delayed a bunch of their titles.
#19
DJ Deathstar
14/01/10, 6:34 pm
@Alakratt
Yep they defo said that about it when it got delayed to February
#20
reask
14/01/10, 7:41 pm
All I hope now is that the game will be half as good as the hype.
BIA hells highway had big things going for it early on but then got delayed a few times.
When it eventually hit the shelves it was a major disappointment.
Alan Wake seems to be having the same problems as well.
I just don’t think the release date for a game like this would ever be an issue as it has the name.
Also it is only on the one console so PS3 games should not really effect the sales anyway.
I am probably way off the mark on this one but I don’t really like last minute delays as they can mean other things imo.
#21
zoopdeloop
14/01/10, 8:56 pm
Splinter Cell all over again heh?I never really liked the series.It’s like western Metal Gear solid series rip off.
i hate it when Western developers copy the eastern and the other way around