What Dogs Postponed
It’s been a busy day over at Ubisoft. First they let the world know that people can
start playing Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag a couple of days earlier, but soon
after they revealed that the release of Watch Dogs has been postponed to the spring of 2014.
In an official statement from Ubisoft, they said they made this decision to make
sure they deliver a quality product.
“Our ambition from the start with Watch Dogs has been to deliver something that
embodies what we wanted to see in the next-generation of gaming. It is with this
in mind that we’ve made the tough decision to delay the release until Spring 2014.
We know a lot of you are probably wondering ‘why now?’ We struggled with whether we would delay the game.
But from the beginning, we have adopted the attitude that we will not compromise on quality.
As we got closer to release, as all the pieces of the puzzle were falling into place in our
last push before completion, it became clear to us that we needed to take the extra time
to polish and fine tune every detail so we can deliver a truly memorable and exceptional experience.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you. We thoroughly
enjoy and appreciate the way you respond on the web, at events, press
conferences and during other opportunities we have to interact. Your passion
is what drives us.
We can’t wait to see you in Chicago next Spring. We are confident you’ll love this game
as much as we love working on it.”
Watch_Dogs would’ve released next month but now we all have to wait a while longer.
With this delay the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will have both have one less launch title.
start playing Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag a couple of days earlier, but soon
after they revealed that the release of Watch Dogs has been postponed to the spring of 2014.
In an official statement from Ubisoft, they said they made this decision to make
sure they deliver a quality product.
“Our ambition from the start with Watch Dogs has been to deliver something that
embodies what we wanted to see in the next-generation of gaming. It is with this
in mind that we’ve made the tough decision to delay the release until Spring 2014.
We know a lot of you are probably wondering ‘why now?’ We struggled with whether we would delay the game.
But from the beginning, we have adopted the attitude that we will not compromise on quality.
As we got closer to release, as all the pieces of the puzzle were falling into place in our
last push before completion, it became clear to us that we needed to take the extra time
to polish and fine tune every detail so we can deliver a truly memorable and exceptional experience.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you. We thoroughly
enjoy and appreciate the way you respond on the web, at events, press
conferences and during other opportunities we have to interact. Your passion
is what drives us.
We can’t wait to see you in Chicago next Spring. We are confident you’ll love this game
as much as we love working on it.”
Watch_Dogs would’ve released next month but now we all have to wait a while longer.
With this delay the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will have both have one less launch title.
Blizzard's New MOBA
- Blizzard changed the name of its multiplayer online battle arena game, Blizzard
All-Stars, to Heroes of the Storm. The publisher crafted a comical trailer to
announce the (latest) name change.
This is the second change in the game's title, as it was originally known as Blizzard DOTA prior to
Blizzard's settlement of a lawsuit with Valve in May 2012 over the use of the trademarked term
DOTA. The term stands for "Defense of the Ancients," a fan-made map for Blizzard's Warcraft 3.
The settlement stipulated that Valve could continue using "DOTA" commercially in
selling games such as DOTA 2, and forced Blizzard to change its MOBA game to Blizzard All-Stars.
Blizzard filed a trademark application for Heroes of the Storm just a few weeks ago,
so the publisher certainly won't be changing the game's title again, unless it does so out of boredom.