Two Worlds II Delayed Into January 2011
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Two Worlds II has been delayed from its original mid-September release date until October in Europe, but North America is going to be in for a much longer wait than gamers across the pond, as the RPG has now been delayed until January 2011.
Publisher SouthPeak issued the following (long) statement to the community explaining the reasons behind the delay:
"We understand that this is not great news for those of you eager for an October release and we can understand that you might feel that our European cousins’ potentially getting the game before you is frustrating to say the least. However, there’s a reason for everything and although we feel that the game is truly at ‘AAA’ level, that reason is that we want Two Worlds II to be absolutely flawless when it launches in the North American market. Although we could bring the game to market earlier in order to take advantage of the holiday buying season, we felt that we would do a better service to you by making sure that the game you want is absolutely as it should be. It’s vital to us that we always give you the best possible information and this is the reason that we haven’t commented on the date before now; we did not want to say something to you, only to have that information change once again. Now, we are in a position to confirm the January release date."
Long story short? Sit tight. It'll be worth it. And apparently the game will be subjected to more stringent QA testing than its European counterpart, so SouthPeak has pleaded with consumers to be patient and to not give into pirating or importing the game.
"Please remember that by pirating the game, you are hurting those who worked hard to make the game for you, reducing the chance of another game in the future. By importing the game, you’re paying more money for something that if you can wait, you’ll be able to buy in January at a cheaper price and that will have benefitted from heavyweight Quality Assurance (QA) for the North American market."
Releasing in January 2011 could actually be in Two Worlds II's favour, avoiding the mad pre-Christmas clamour, while getting a bit of extra polish to boot. In fact, it might be a good idea for the European version too, no?
[Via Game Informer]