{"id":22420,"date":"2014-06-04T09:30:28","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T09:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=22420"},"modified":"2014-06-04T07:30:45","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T07:30:45","slug":"batman-becomes-latest-blockbuster-game-to-suffer-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/batman-becomes-latest-blockbuster-game-to-suffer-delays\/","title":{"rendered":"Batman becomes latest ‘blockbuster’ game to suffer delays"},"content":{"rendered":"
The release date for the latest Batman video game, Arkham Knight, has been delayed until the beginning of 2015.<\/p>\n
The adventure, which is the third in a series, was initially scheduled to go on sale for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC platforms later this year.<\/p>\n
The postponement follows a spate of delays to other high-profile games, including Dying Light, Mad Max, Quantum Break and The Order: 1886.<\/p>\n
They are all “next gen” games, which use the most complex visual effects.<\/p>\n
Mark Ward, a spokesman for Warner Bros Games – which owns the London-based developers of Batman, Rocksteady – said the decision to “extend the development of the game” was taken “to ensure that the trilogy gets the epic conclusion that Batman fans want and deserve”.<\/p>\n
Mr Ward added that Batman: Arkham Knight is the “most ambitious title Rocksteady has ever created”.<\/p>\n
High risk<\/p>\n
The recently delayed “blockbuster” releases are all graphically intensive games, which use cutting-edge visual effects technologies and have high development costs.<\/p>\n
Crucially, they are all next generation games, which are only available on the most up-to-date consoles, forcing devoted users to upgrade.<\/p>\n
Ed Barton, an analyst at Ovum, told the BBC games developers were making fewer games and spending more on the titles they did produce.<\/p>\n
Due to the risk of failure, which is “higher than it’s ever been” companies prefer to “make the market wait a few more months and spend more on development,” he added.<\/p>\n
Some devoted Batman fans took to social networks to express their disappointment with the delay, but Warner Bros gave them a\u00a0new teaser trailer<\/a>\u00a0to “keep them excited,” said Chris Dring, editor of games magazine MCV.<\/p>\n While there is always a risk of alienating gamers with consistent delays, the “bigger risk is alienating gamers by making a bad game”, added Mr Dring.<\/p>\n But, as Mr Barton points out: “If no-one is getting upset at your game being delayed, you know you have a problem.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The release date for the latest Batman video game, Arkham Knight, has been delayed until the beginning of 2015. The adventure, which is the third in a series, was initially scheduled to go on sale for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC platforms later this year. The postponement follows a spate of delays to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":22421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[18],"yoast_head":"\n