Well goddamn. That's like "we the publishers want you to completely rework the game" type delaying.

" Well goddamn. That's like "we the publishers want you to completely rework the game" type delaying. "

I really want Obsidian to nail this, though. Mixed feelings.

O_O

holy dragon balls

I was really looking forward to this game.  Hopefully the extra time leads to an even better final product.

For me this is good, the game hasn't looked polished enough for my liking, and my excitement for it isn't exactly high.

I thought it looked pretty good now
man the guy that said the mass effect thing caused the game to be severely delayed

good thing it was delayed, i cant afford all these new games.. the next 3 months are packed with serious purchases, so im glad alpha protocol got delayed

Why would anyone get this now? Mass Effect 2 is gonna completely overshadow it.

Good, maybe it will actually be cool.

Any confirmation / other source on this?

" Didn't see this coming, although the game definitely needs some polish from looking at the video footage of it.
@Jimbo said:

" Any confirmation / other source on this? "

I'm also wondering this, Gamestop can make mistakes. "

Hurray !

Don't you guys remember?  Modern Warfare 2 is coming out.  Everyone is scared shitless.

Yeah I'm actually really glad to see this. I love the premise and customisation, but the action/stealth/gunplay just didn't look polished enough. This should help with that, so good!

at least they didnt delay it til spring 2010.. 
 
still cant wait to play it :D it looks sweet.

" It's too bad Obsidian didn't hold off on Neverwinter Nights 2 for another 8 months because that mess of a game needed at least that much more time to squash most of the bugs it shamefully shipped with. I would warn anyone looking to buy Alpha Protocol at launch to be very concerned about Obsidian's track record of just kicking a game out the door in whatever state it is in and promising to patch it later. Only that later turns into many months, not days like they allude to. I got burned with Neverwinter Nights 2 and I don't think Obsidian has learned it's lesson yet. Buyer beware. "

Are you shitting me? I would like to get some concrete confirmation on this instead of a Gamestop product page.

Wait...what?!  I thought this game was already in the bag.  Hell, they even sent stuff over to the GB guys! 
 
I'm gonna dig a little deeper, see what I can find out...unless the GB guys know more. 
 
*EDIT*   http://www.gamecrazy.com/games/game.aspx?id=13878&LF=STL  Game Crazy's date still days 10/27...

My quick dash around a few sites shows the actual Alpha Protocol page saying October. Gamespot says Q2 2010, but doesn't have any news about that changing that I can see.

Considering how Sega hasn't really been showing the game off, I won't be surprised if this delay turns out to be true. Normally we'd have played it by now. Normally we'd have a version of it in-house by now.

" Considering how Sega hasn't really been showing the game off, I won't be surprised if this delay turns out to be true. Normally we'd have played it by now. Normally we'd have a version of it in-house by now. "

This whole thing is kind of dodgy.  Sega's site says it's coming out in two weeks; Amazon has it listed for the end of October; Gamestop has it for next June.  Who is right?  Who knows!

I'm sort of glad. I've been interested in seeing how this game turns out, but just judging by the trailers it doesn't look very polished. I haven't seen much promotion for this game in recent months either. I'd like this game to get the polish it deserves.

Dropped Sega a line, but between it being Friday night and some of them being out in Japan, I don't know that I'll hear back in a timely fashion.

Dang then... that's pretty crazy. Yet another game to take a delay, and this time, it's a pretty huge delay. Good luck, Alpha Protocol.

Right move for Sega. It would've been crushed Q4 09 or Q1 10, so June 2010 is the right time for Alpha Protocol to come out.

I can't say I expected this so close to release

Shoot. Maybe I'll pick up Dragon Age.    Or pull a Vinny and go play Fallout3

awesome I got a jeff post

" Considering how Sega hasn't really been showing the game off, I won't be surprised if this delay turns out to be true. Normally we'd have played it by now. Normally we'd have a version of it in-house by now. "

I would say this is a good thing.  Every different gameplay walk through I've seen so far, seems somewhat shaky on execution.

Even though I love Obsidian and was looking forward to this, the less packed the next couple of months are, the better for me.

I just think it's a little weird, because if this was the case, then you would think that Sega would say something about it during the show.

Maybe it's the PS3... it's a curse!  
 
Or the normal development of a title delayed because of very slow progress in working with the machine.

Well I'm for one is glad they take time to make a finished product. Remember KotOR 2? That was released way too early. That was most likely the publishers fault for insisting it had to be out for the holidays, but still I'm sure they don't want to hurry a game for a holiday release again.

man i was looking foward to this the most FUCK SEGA imma just get Dragon age and splintercell now

 http://kotaku.com/5368298/retailers-point-to-alpha-protocol-delay
kotaku has a story up now

Bammer. I was going to pick it up next month despite the pink sunglassed overtly sexy russian thing. That character looked mad out of place.

Man... this sucks. I was really looking forward to playing this. I hope the delay works out in the end for them.

Let's hope it isn't true, but lack of marketing was making me wonder if Sega was intrested in selling any copies at all of the game. 
 
Dang, my Q4 mustplay list is starting to look a little thin.

Didn't Sega say in the Sony meeting that leaked that they kinda wanted Alpha Protocol to be more like Mass Effect? I'm a little scared, I was really, really looking forward to this game in it's current status.

" I was really looking forward to this game.  Hopefully the extra time leads to an even better final product. "

Dammit!

This is too bad.  I still have high hopes for Obsidian and Alpha Protocol, despite the flaws of Neverwinter 2 and KOTOR 2.

This is bullshit. 2009 was supposed to be the year with the crazy amount of good games. Now, the big games left are Brutal Legend, Borderlands, Gay Tony, AC2, L4D2, and MW2. MW2 is big, but it comes out in fucking november. Alpha protocol was supposed to come out a month before, will before the hype train. Seriously, these companies are going to face a huge shock when these games tank. Games like Bioshock 2 are going to be fine. Other games? not so much.