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| Oni 2001 - "This is rumour control..." | |
| Posted By: Gestalt <john@eurogamer.net> | Date: 9/13/00 10:47 a.m. |
In Response To: Oh Oni, Where Art Thou? (Matt) Hi folks I'm the editor of the site which posted the preview mentioned in the IMG story. I just found this thread and thought I should respond to what I've read here... Our assistant editor was shown the PS2 version of the game at ECTS, and was told by the demonstrator (Jen) that it would come out in March 2001. I saw the PC version of the game (with a different demonstrator), and the first level we were shown was mostly using placeholder textures, which was rather worrying for a start. Very little effort seemed to have gone into preparing the game for ECTS (hence the comments about Bungie perhaps not caring), and the demonstrator who showed me the PC version looked bored stiff by the third day. As Bungie are now saying that the game has gone beta, I can only assume that we were being shown an old build of the game at ECTS for some reason - it looked deeply underwhelming, and the levels were clearly not finished. Since then I've received a new release date list from publisher Take 2, which lists *both* the PC and PS2 versions of Oni for a "first quarter 2001" release in the UK (the PC version was previously down for November 2000). Oni Central decided to call our report "utter crap", saying that "Bungie would not tell anybody a release date, so why should we believe some gaming site when they say Oni will be out in a random month next year?" Unfortunately at the end of the day it is the publisher who decides when a game is released, and Oni's publisher has told us (both at ECTS, and now again in the new release schedule we received from them just this morning) that the game isn't going to be out this year, or at least not in the UK. Now, it's possible that the game will come out in the USA much earlier for some reason. After all, another Take 2 game called FAKK2 has been out for weeks in the US but won't arrive in the UK for a couple more weeks yet. It's odd, but it does happen sometimes. But either way, I can tell you that Oni WILL NOT be released in Europe this year, as we reported in our ECTS diary and Oni preview. Those are the facts, and to the best of my knowledge they are correct. It isn't just rumour or idle speculation, it is based on reliable information received direct from the publisher. Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, but this is what we have been told - please don't shoot the messenger! Thanks for your attention, John "Gestalt" Bye Editor-In-Chief - www.eurogamer.net | |
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| What the...?!? | Foo | 9/11/00 1:49 p.m. |
| Re: What the...?!? | Dan Rudolph | 9/11/00 2:05 p.m. |
| Re: What the...?!? | Bachus | 9/11/00 2:52 p.m. |
| Re: What the...?!? | Maestro | 9/11/00 2:59 p.m. |
| It's all BS to make people crap their pants (nt) | Harry | 9/11/00 3:37 p.m. |
| well, bring me some new shorts. (vlt) | Pico | 9/11/00 3:49 p.m. |
| Re: What the...?!? | Maestro | 9/11/00 2:27 p.m. |
| Re: What the...?!? | Nathan | 9/11/00 3:00 p.m. |
| Michael Eilers' response | Dan Rudolph | 9/11/00 5:18 p.m. |
| Re: Michael Eilers' response | Harry | 9/11/00 10:11 p.m. |
| Re: Michael Eilers' response | Char the pirate (IMG) | 9/13/00 1:26 a.m. |
| Re: Michael Eilers' response | Hugh_Jass | 9/13/00 12:33 p.m. |
| Heh (nt) | Harry | 9/13/00 2:07 p.m. |
| Re: Michael Eilers' response | Char the pirate (IMG) | 9/13/00 9:25 p.m. |
| Re: Michael Eilers' response | chef | 9/14/00 4:22 p.m. |
| Re: Michael Eilers' response | Char the pirate (IMG) | 9/15/00 12:58 a.m. |
| Re: Michael Eilers' response | Hugh_Jass | 9/15/00 12:07 p.m. |
| Re: Michael Eilers' response | Char the pirate (IMG) | 9/16/00 2:59 a.m. |
| Re: Michael Eilers' response | Nijhazer | 9/16/00 10:35 a.m. |
| Re: Michael Eilers' response | Dan Rudolph | 9/16/00 10:51 a.m. |
| Re: Michael Eilers' response | Char the pirate (IMG) | 9/16/00 11:44 p.m. |
| Re: Michael Eilers' response | Harry | 9/17/00 12:20 a.m. |
| Re: Michael Eilers' response | Char the pirate (IMG) | 9/18/00 2:42 a.m. |
| Re: Michael Eilers' response | Harry | 9/18/00 3:22 a.m. |
| Lets go from the other side... | Pico | 9/11/00 5:22 p.m. |
| lets not... | *mixy | 9/11/00 10:41 p.m. |
| Still, I think even 12/00 is pushing it... | Pico | 9/12/00 12:33 a.m. |
| Re: Still, I think even 12/00 is pushing it... | *mixy | 9/12/00 12:35 p.m. |
| Oh Oni, Where Art Thou? | Matt | 9/11/00 6:31 p.m. |
| Re: Oh Oni, Where Art Thou? | Dan Rudolph | 9/11/00 6:44 p.m. |
| Re: Oh Oni, Where Art Thou? | Matt | 9/11/00 6:47 p.m. |
| Re: Oh Oni, Where Art Thou? | The Jug Slugger | 9/11/00 8:11 p.m. |
| And another thing | Dan Rudolph | 9/11/00 6:48 p.m. |
| Re: And another thing | Matt | 9/11/00 7:06 p.m. |
| Re: And another thing | Yeroen | 9/12/00 8:36 p.m. |
| that's a job? | Marty | 9/13/00 7:56 a.m. |
| Re: Oh Oni, Where Art Thou? | Foo | 9/11/00 7:37 p.m. |
| Re: Oh Oni, Where Art Thou? | Tuncer Deniz (IMG) | 9/11/00 7:39 p.m. |
| Re: Oh Oni, Where Art Thou? | Nathan | 9/11/00 8:15 p.m. |
| Re: Oh Oni, Where Art Thou? | Foo | 9/12/00 7:25 a.m. |
| Re: Oh Oni, Where Art Thou? | Dan Rudolph | 9/11/00 9:10 p.m. |
| Re: Oh Oni, Where Art Thou? | aneep | 9/12/00 4:20 a.m. |
| Re: Oh Oni, Where Art Thou? | Dan Rudolph | 9/12/00 8:39 a.m. |
| Fact-Checking...Indeed | Matt | 9/12/00 3:31 p.m. |
| Oni 2001 - "This is rumour control..." | Gestalt | 9/13/00 10:47 a.m. |
| Publisher | Stinger | 9/13/00 7:33 p.m. |
| NNNOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (NT) | Bloodthirster | 9/11/00 8:00 p.m. |
| Re: What the...?!? | Steve | 9/12/00 3:12 p.m. |
| Re: What the...?!? | Sam Parker [GameSpot] | 9/13/00 11:29 a.m. |
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