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Far Cry 3 Goes From September to December

The constantly shifting schedule of the fall and beyond continues.

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It’s getting harder and harder to keep track of what games are actually coming out this holiday, and while Far Cry 3 isn’t leaving 2012, Ubisoft is giving the developer a few more months to polish up.

The game’s official Twitter account announced Far Cry 3 would move from its September 4 release date all the way to December 4, a whole three months of additional time.

“A rushed game remains bad forever,” said the company. "Thank you for understanding.”

“To make sure we deliver the best experience possible, the development team has been given more time,” it said in reply to another user.

Can't really argue with that.

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Fuck Yeah

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grrr, no way.

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

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Seems like they're padding out their quarter. Wish it had been AC3 that got bumped instead!

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Anytime there is a late delay. Me no rikey.

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I'm fine with this delay, if it came out in Sept I wouldn't be able to get it anyway.

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It seems odd to phrase it like "we need 3 months to make this game not bad" but maybe it was just a poor choice of words.

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Edited By TEHMAXXORZ

I'd prefer a good, kind-of-polished game rather than a broken one, even if that means a couple of months more waiting time.

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At least it's still this year, when I read it was delayed my first thought was 2013

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Edited By vibratingdonkey

That's what you get when Ubisoft promises a simultaneous release across platforms.

(bet the PC version will still get delayed further)

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Edited By sandweed

Remove multiplayer, polish up the single player release multiplayer as free DLC later. You can thank me later Ubi.

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The release date will be moved from September to December. Thank you for your understanding.

But, it will be one huge, EPIC game. Thank you for your understanding.

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As much of a bummer as it is since I really wanted to play it I can now catch up on other games and also have something to look forward to in December.

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Good luck releasing behind call of duty. That works out for everyone.

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@nick_verissimo said:

As long as borderlands 2 doesn't get moved, every other game can get pushed to 2013.

This. Oh god, I will have nothing if they move that game.

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@Roger778: Cataclysm was released in December, and so was The Old Republic, it's not that unusual.

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Countdown to 2013 starts now

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The later (within reason) the better the game can be.

If the options are playing the game sooner, or having the developers spend a few more months on it, I'll take the latter any day.

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1 less FPS. How will we survive?

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What downright depressing news to start out the week!

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Edited By viking_funeral
@PimblyCharles You apparently missed the E3 trailer.

I'm starting to wonder if this has anything to do with a next gen console possibly being released earlier than expected. In my head it is either that, or people are seeing what rushed cycles did to BioWare/EA.
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Guess I'll have to stick with Quest for Glory 4 for all my pixelated breast groping needs until December.

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They should just release it in February 2013. Oh wait, that's EA's month.

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@billyhoush said:

I hope they are adding more TITTAYZZZ

Um.... which past Farcry game had TITTAYZZZ? Did I miss something?

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At least it's not February-March. That seems to be the new holiday season. "Ok everybody! We're moving our game to 2013 to get out of the way of the other big fall releases! Oh wait..."

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damn, i was looking forward to that early september release because it seems like before then, NOTHING is released. oh well, rather have it as polished as possible, i guess.

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Well better that way I still don't know what to choose between XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Dishonored.

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It definitely sucks but if we get an even better game than that's fine by me.

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Dont care at this point most games are a rent for me. So whatever Dec july 2014 fine with me!!

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Gives me more time for other games then.

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More time for the back log

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As long as borderlands 2 doesn't get moved, every other game can get pushed to 2013.

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To be honest, I'm glad this got delayed. Now I can focus on Borderlands 2 all month.

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Hope this won't get overshadowed by Black Ops 2

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I did not know that games that might be highly anticipated, such as Far Cry 3 get released in December. It just seems like a weird release date, because I was always under the opinion that October or November were the best months during the last few months of the year.

Oh well, the extra development time should help us get a polished gem of a game.

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nice, far cry 3 could be something pretty special with their whole insane plot and charcters, so let them take their timee

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I am happy with this. It gives me more time to devote to Borderlands 2.

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Cool, just in time for Summer... here in Australia.

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So what IS coming out this holiday?

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December? That's an unusual release date. Furthermore, is three months really going to make that big of a difference? It seems as if developers are catching on to the whole "More development time=better game" excuse and using it every time a game is pushed back nowadays.

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Edited By Yorkin

The schedule continues...

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I hope they are adding more TITTAYZZZ

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@Bane122 said:

@ImmortalSaiyan said:

I suppose September belongs to Dead or Alive 5 now. That is near the end of the month, is anything actually coming out before that?

Borderlands 2.

This. Dead or Alive what? Borderlands 2, motherfucker.

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As much as I'm looking forward to this game, I just finally started playing Castlevania: LoS and Rage so I think it's safe to say "I can wait".

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"A rushed game remains bad forever."

My devil's advocate argument the other way is that I don't know if infinite time helps a game either. See DNF.

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I can't help but not care.

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@ImmortalSaiyan: There's still Borderlands 2 that month.
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@ImmortalSaiyan said:

I suppose September belongs to Dead or Alive 5 now. That is near the end of the month, is anything actually coming out before that?

Borderlands 2.

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Oh, well. I'm looking forward to it, but unlike everyone else here apparently, my shopping list is still packed! Sleeping Dogs, Darksiders II, Tales of Grace f, Borderlands 2 just from August and September. Then there's RE6, AC3 and Hitman Absolution to follow during Autumn.