Square Enix has announced that the long awaited third sequel to the classic cyber-punk, action-RPG series, Deus Ex: Human Revolution will not make its previously planned release of no later than March 2011. This is sad news for fans of the series, who have been waiting seven years for a follow up to the last game.
The game has been pushed back into the following fiscal year, which starts April 2011 and ends March 2012. The reason for the delay is to allow for further polish.
Reading between the lines of the official press release, it is clear that the commercial and critical failure of Final Fantasy XIV has something to do with the delay:
With weak sales performance of console game titles that have been newly released during the current fiscal year as well as harsh market feedback regarding a key title, the Group recognizes the reinforcement of development capability in our Digital Entertainment segment as our most critical managerial issue.
We therefore have decided to spend additional time to further polish our upcoming game, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, resulting in a shift in release timing from our prior plan of the current fiscal year to next fiscal year.
Deus Ex: Revolution is due out on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.
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