Sega pushed back Alpha Protocol to summer 2010.
Obsidian Entertainment’s espionage filled action title is more than late. Alpha Protocol (360/PS3) was originally scheduled to be released last February, a full year ago, before it was delayed twice. While explaining the reasons for those delays to MTV Multiplayer Sega apparently mentioned that the game would come this summer. If that statement isn’t a mental slip-up and holds true, that will mark the title’s third delay, bumping it from the previous range of spring 2010.
“We had a few reasons for doing it. One: We wanted to position it better, give it a lot of time. The main reason: We really wanted to polish the game up, make it everything Obsidian planned it to be, and give the consumer a very polished game.
“We added a couple of other things. Tweaks in lighting here and there, added the inventory comparison screen so you can compare what you’re buying to what you have equipped. Just bringing the whole quality level up.”
I’ll take “polish” as a reason to delay any game, and the reasons given are things most gamers would notice. The changes better own up to the delay.
Alpha Protocol (360/PS3) is available for pre-order now, and we’ll let you know via the blog when its window is tightened.
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