Fresh from Leipzig, Sony has announced a delay for their highly anticipated title, God of War: Chains of Olympus. Originally expected to ship before Christmas as part of the holiday rush, the title has been pushed back until early 2008. Annoyingly, this comes less than three weeks after Ready at Dawn confirmed that God of War was on track for a holiday release.
No reason was given for the delay, but if they need more time to polish up Kratos' newest adventure -- it's worth waiting a couple more months. Plus we get a demo in September to keep us happy anyway, so it won't be an entirely Spartan-free Christmas.
[Update: Ready at Dawn responds: "I'm not really sure where this is coming from since we have not announced a date for God of War: Chains of Olympus for the North American marketplace yet. So I would say this falls into the rumor and speculation category."]
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8-23-2007 @ 4:02PM
Alien said...
This is the worst news in this month :( Man Im so sad , this was my years most wanted , from far :(
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8-23-2007 @ 4:08PM
Kyle said...
This sucks.
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8-23-2007 @ 4:09PM
micklol said...
If tomb raider is any indication, that delay ensures quality, I will be more than happy to wait.
can't say I am not disappointed though...
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8-23-2007 @ 4:12PM
Tanya said...
CURSES!!!!
Oh well if all goes as scheduled I'll still have Silent Hill Origins in the fall :)
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8-23-2007 @ 4:29PM
Mikz said...
$ony is afraid that the title will be pirated because of the unbricker program that allows users to run custom firmware. Sony is losing the battle so they need more time to find some method to protect the game. HAHA
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8-23-2007 @ 4:48PM
Hashbrown_Hunter said...
I expected this to happen. It just didn't feel like the game was coming out until later.
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8-23-2007 @ 4:50PM
txa1265 said...
I agree - no surprise, and given that ever screen that comes out looks better than the one before, let them take their time and deliver a quality product!
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8-23-2007 @ 4:51PM
Kspraydad said...
Yeah Mikz...pirating is funny.
There goes my Kratos Kristmas. :(
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8-23-2007 @ 5:18PM
john said...
$ony wanted it delayed so they could put the 3,6 update since it hasn't been cracked yet, That way they have our PSPs only doing what they want, Just my 2 cents,
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8-23-2007 @ 5:24PM
NukeAssault said...
Are you serious? As previously stated its gotta be Sony's doing... I bet RAD would have released it...
Guess ill just have to get my Spartan fix elsewhere....via Halo 3.
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8-23-2007 @ 6:08PM
upupdowndown said...
Is there any way to still get a UMD demo of GOW: COO? Will it be downloadable via PS3?
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8-23-2007 @ 6:58PM
Random1448 said...
meh, I kinda saw this commin'
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8-23-2007 @ 7:27PM
junior008 said...
the reason it was delayed was because of the 3.50 update with the 333mhz unlocked
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8-23-2007 @ 7:35PM
junior008 said...
RAD wanted to change the game so it can use the full 333mhz. that was why it was delayed
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8-23-2007 @ 10:10PM
farfisa said...
Well, whatever the reason, it's pretty disappointing.
This game's going to move systems too, so I guess getting it right is the most important thing, even more so than the piracy thing.
I wonder if they'll push back the demo (again?) too...
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8-24-2007 @ 3:01AM
alx1231 said...
I dont think this is for the U.S. First off the only thing that basing there info on is game store site which have been very wrong before. Second Not too long ago Ready at Dawn said it was still on for holiday season.
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