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Surprise!Zen finally admit they won't get this out before 2013. And offer no information other than that.

Given that the European release isn't waiting on adding additional languages and apparently there are ways to circumvent the region lock via homebrew, the amount of incompetence on display here is astounding and reflects badly on all parties involved.

It's a one-off fee at the same price as the yearly requirement for XBL Indie Games. Considering the anecdotes regarding potential profitability between the two services, I can't say it looks like a bad deal.

Really shitty news. I was actually looking at putting down a preorder as I stumbled upon this news and it's just really put me off bothering.

It's just incredibly daft that Atlus games seem to be the only titles that still get significant delays in releases across the Atlantic. Sure, there are reasons behind the delay - PAL conversion, probable multilingual support, the lack of Atlus presence in Europe necessitating a third party publisher, the fact that the niche appeal of the game means that it doesn't get backed by a large publisher - but these are all reasons that I can point to as an enthusiast. As a consumer, it sucks that I'm forced to wait for this game when the experience I will have with it as a UK gamer will be identical to the experience I would have playing the US release, and the only thing stopping me from doing so is a line of code along the lines of 'if (region != usa) die();'. Not only that, but the other niche title I was expecting to have to import this year, Virtue's Last Reward, has actually been picked up by a European publisher (unlike its predecessor) and is on track for release within a month of the US.

Don't even get me started on the fact that Golden still doesn't have a publisher, let alone a release window. At least that title will be region free.

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As someone who resorted to importing 999, great news that this is officially being brought over, and apparently within a month of the US release, too.