Lightning Flik 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2004 Gran Turismo 4 hits red light Sony's driving sim gets pushed back in both Japan and North America; SCEA targets early '05 as new launch window. TOKYO--Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that the Gran Turismo 4 release date has moved from December 3 to December 28. The company explains that the game had some unexpected tuning requirements that held up its release. Making the adjustments will cause the game to miss its previously allotted ship date. Stateside, Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) announced a new ship date for US gamers. Gran Turismo 4 moves from a ship date of December 14 to a ship date sometime in the January-to-March window of next year. In a statement, SCEA said: "Natural challenges with finalizing all the key features and localization issues across worldwide territories have led to the difficult choice of pushing back the release date in order to ensure that Gran Turismo 4 lives up to the exacting standards of the 36 million-plus fans worldwide that have purchased previous versions" [of the franchise]. King of Fighters 2002/2003 hits snag PlayStation 2 release pushed to early 2005. Xbox version still on track to follow PS2 release. SNK NeoGeo USA reps confirmed today a delay to the PlayStation 2 release of King of Fighters 2002/2003. The game had previously been slated for release this month. The title "is now going to be shipping around January/Feb 2005," according to SNK. An Xbox version of the bundle remains scheduled for release sometime in 2005, to follow the PS2 release. The bundle features ports of the NeoGeo arcade titles The King of Fighters 2002 and The King of Fighters 2003; the title is due to gamers at an SRP of $39.99. As reported earlier, 2002 is a compilation featuring 44 characters from the previous six entries in the series, while 2003 pared down the character roster but introduced 3D backgrounds and substantial gameplay changes. Well, for people waiting on these games, you've gotta wait a little longer yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2004 It took SNK NeoGeo USA forever to release Metal Slug Advance so this is no surprise. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Use Your Illusion 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2004 Consider yourselves lucky. Australia will likely not recieve the new KOF game until December/January NEXT year. It's tough being an SNK fan in Oz. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lightning Flik 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2004 It took SNK NeoGeo USA forever to release Metal Slug Advance so this is no surprise. They are getting worse than Waitful Delays. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Renegade 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2004 Play the roms till then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewTS 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2004 KoF 2002/2003 coming out at all would shock me. I hope they improved the graphics on KoF 2002, though. Those are some ugly-ass bgs in that game. I wonder if they'll even bother supporting the HDD with GT4 when it comes out. "Consider yourselves lucky. Australia will likely not recieve the new KOF game until December/January NEXT year." Maximum Impact? It's not really much of a loss, trust me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Use Your Illusion 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2004 No, I was referring to KOF 02/03. I've heard the reviews from those much more enlightened than I, I have no interest in investigating Maximum Impact. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewTS 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2004 Ah, I got confused when you said "new." To anyone who has played it: how is Metal Slug Advance? I haven't seen it out in stores yet. I want to smack the crap out of certain reviewers who seem to be utterly clueless that some of the "changes" in MSA were already done in 1st and 2nd Mission on NGPC. They made the games play more like action/platformers than "true" Metal Slug games, and I think they work very well that way (1st Mission I'm iffy about, since I never figured out how to parachute correctly, but 2nd Mission I like a hell of a lot). So if those're the major complaints about MSA, they're not going to deter me. If it's simply not a good act/plat, that's another story, though. However, I'm not trusting magazines that seem to not mind *praising* the awful CT Special Forces games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2004 Been playin MSA for a week now as a ROM, it is alot better than CT Special Forces. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest fanofcoils Report post Posted November 19, 2004 Gran Turismo 4 as of now is not online. Gamespot reported a couple of months ago that they are planning a new Gran Turismo game, tentatively planned for release in 2005 to be online. Hopefully they will just have one game, Gran Turismo 4, and make it online. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
