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Relax your wallets this holiday: Mercenaries 2 falls into 2008 photo

To those who were eager to blow the crap out of a Venezuelan porta-potty with a surgical bomb this Holiday season -- sorry!

According to UK videogame Web site Total Video Games, Electronic Arts have confirmed that Mercenaries 2: World in Flames will miss the originally planned Holiday 2007 release. The PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, and PlayStation 2 title is now slated to hit shelves next year; retailer GameStop currently lists the title for an April 2008 release.

There are a lot of reasons why we could be seeing a shift in the title's release date, the least of which is the already cluttered Holiday season (I think just Halo 3 should qualify as "cluttered"). Or maybe the game simply wasn't ready to ship. But Pandemic has been developing Mercenaries 2 with the PS3 as the game's lead SKU, so feel free to blame the Xbox 360 for the delay. That makes for a better story, right?

[Thanks, Justin!] 


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brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 09/04/2007 10:26
Consider my hamwallet relaxed.
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brainderailment at 09/04/2007 10:28
"But Pandemic has been developing Mercenaries 2 with the PS3 as the game's lead SKU, so feel free to blame the Xbox 360 for the delay."
BLASPHEMY!!!!
CRUCIFY HIM!!!!
D-Nez's Avatar
D-Nez at 09/04/2007 10:32
Man, i looks like Halo 3 and Mass Effect's shoulders have just become a little broader. They're going to make up much of my fall/winter gaming now that Mercs. 2 in addition to GTA 4 are cancelled.

That a maybe a Bioshock play through. Thank goodness for exclusive titles I guess.
D-Nez's Avatar
D-Nez at 09/04/2007 10:33
i mean delayed not cancelled - cancelled for 2007 i guess
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brainderailment at 09/04/2007 10:34
I'm almost glad for delays considering the rediculous amount of releases this holiday season. I can't buy the all! Hopefully prices may drop on some of them by the time I can get to them.
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TehPhil at 09/04/2007 10:42
The game industry has declared war on my wallet, this wasn't really on my radar though, maybe I was missing out. Is it like Star Wars Battlefront... in the Tropics and no lasers going pew pew?
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D-Nez at 09/04/2007 10:46
yeah, my "must buy" listed started at like 10 games this summer and has dwindled to 3 since I laready have Bioshock.

Although I was hoping to have new a game per month. At least September and November are covered. I'm hoping CC continues offering new games at $10 discount on the week they are released. With the Darkness and Bioshock I already saved $20. I doubt they'll do it with Halo though since its the one game you can pre-order. Maybe Mass Efect.
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cm Katarn at 09/04/2007 10:55
Wow. Did you really just blame development for the 360 as the reason for this title being delayed? {enter MS ninjas} I didn't think so.
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B-Radicate at 09/04/2007 11:01
Damn, this was gonna be my open-world game this holiday in lieu of GTAIV. Sigh. Guess I'll hafta settle for Assassin's Creed. Hahaha, I say settle like that's a bad thing.
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A New Challenger at 09/04/2007 11:06
Hmm, no Harrison Ford cameos this time around I'd imagine.
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geronimo at 09/04/2007 11:44
I can wait.
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BahamutZero at 09/04/2007 12:17
goddam. I was looking more forward to this than halo 3
Joe Burling's Avatar
Joe Burling at 09/04/2007 12:41
Am I the only one who isn't so excited about this game?
Snaileb 's Avatar
Snaileb at 09/04/2007 13:03
I second Bahamuts comment.


WWHWWHHHHHAHAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
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SourGr8pes at 09/04/2007 14:09
Damn those inferior Venezuelan porta-potties
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kawitchate at 09/04/2007 15:24
well this sucks. i was hoping it would release this year so that i could pick it up early next year on the cheap when there's nothing to play.
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10BobMarleys at 09/04/2007 19:23
Thank Gord. My credit card is already due to take a critical hit this season. I'm happy to save this sucker for the game drought that's bound to hit in the middle of next year.
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TheBrain at 09/04/2007 20:01
GTA4, Mercenaries...It looks like there will be a lot of sandboxing in early 08



This is honestly what the term "sandboxing" makes me think of.
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