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Alpha Protocol shelved until '10?

By thorsen-ink, GameSpotPosted Sep 28, 2009 11:18 am PT

Source: See below. What we heard: So far, 2009 has seen a drought of role-playing games, with fans of the genre subsisting on a steady stream of alternately tepidly and well-reviewed Fallout 3 expansions. All that was to change in October, though, when three high-profile RPGs were set to...

Source: See below.

What we heard: So far, 2009 has seen a drought of role-playing games, with fans of the genre subsisting on a steady stream of alternately tepidly and well-reviewed Fallout 3 expansions. All that was to change in October, though, when three high-profile RPGs were set to launch: BioWare's dark fantasy Dragon Age: Origins, Obsidian Entertainment's espionage RPG Alpha Protocol, and Gearbox's cheeky, postapocalyptic "role-playing shooter" Borderlands.

Now, following the delay of Dragon Age to November, another of the October 2009 RPG trinity appears to have slipped--all the way until next year. GameStop is now listing Alpha Protocol as shipping on June 1, 2010. Meanwhile Amazon's Canadian store has it as arriving in North America on June 30, 2010. The date change comes just over one week before the game's October 6 launch date on the PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, which was announced in July. As recently as August 27, Obsidian staffers were saying the project was still on schedule.

The official story: Obsidian reps routed inquiries to Alpha Protocol's publisher, Sega, which had not responded to requests for comment as of press time.

Bogus or not bogus?: Likely not bogus. Two unconnected retailers wouldn't shift the launch date of a game eight days before its release for no reason, and Sega's silence speaks volumes.

If the delay is made official, it would mark the second time that a Sega-published Obsidian game has seen its release plans overturned. The first, a role-playing game based on the Alien film series, was indefinitely delayed in February before being canceled outright in June.

Orange County-based Obsidian, created by Black Isle Studios veterans, is currently at work on Fallout: New Vegas for Bethesda Softworks. The game will use the same 3D engine as Fallout 3, the post-nuclear role-playing sequel to the original, isometric, turn-based Fallout games many Obsidian developers helped create in the late 1990s.

166 Comments

  • Taradar

    Posted Oct 10, 2009 5:13 pm PT

    Boo. Now I'll actually have to go out and be a spy without practicing on the game first. What am I to do? How can I make real life morally grey decisions without first trying out this game. I think I might cry...

  • cwdawg1224

    Posted Oct 6, 2009 12:50 pm PT

    It's official: Sega announced that Alpha Protocol is delayed until Spring of 2010. I hate this so much. This morning Sega said on their own website that Alpha Protocol was "Out Now" and even gave us links to buy the game. Now, on the day it has been scheduled to release for months, Sega finally grows some balls and tells everyone their moving the game till next year. I hate you Sega. For the love of God, way to pull out at the very very very last second.

    Also, Alpha Protocol's official website still states the game is coming out October 2009. God help us...

  • shawn_mitchel

    Posted Oct 6, 2009 6:14 am PT

    Obsidian Entertainment needs to pay more attention to little details like :

    1.Players movement
    2.The hand combat should look convincing or realistic
    3.The gun blazing should look convincing
    4.Please,.......avoid much repitition of events/tasks to perform or scenes
    5.Other minor stuffs that could make this modern day espionage not attain a 9.0

  • oandersson

    Posted Oct 6, 2009 4:36 am PT

    Looking for an update on this. Has anyone recieved the game on the first launch date (today)? Us european have to wait til friday anyway....

  • TXMostWanted

    Posted Oct 5, 2009 6:41 pm PT

    This game looks so promising, yet I can already tell it's gonna fail...so I actually don't mind it being postponed so long as they UP the quality of the game. Besides, not like we've got better games coming up w/n a matter of weeks ;-)

  • bballaa212

    Posted Oct 5, 2009 12:46 pm PT

    @EverestMan Okay so ive seen October 6, October 27th, 28th, and June 2010. It says on Alpha Protocol's official website that its still for October but that hasn't been updated since early September. It says on Sega's website that its October 6th. I'd like to believe that but it seems that all of their distributors are saying something different. Best buy says 28th, Gamestop and Amazon say 2010. All I know is delaying a game a week before its release sucks and im not going to buy the game if they do.

  • SuperB56

    Posted Oct 4, 2009 3:53 pm PT

    I just checked Sega, it still is on for Tuesday. Just to keep everyone in the loop.

  • Faith256

    Posted Oct 4, 2009 5:05 am PT

    Sigh...pre-ordered trhough Amazon then got a supplier does not have stock at the moment, I am not to sure that means its been pushed back to 2010 though.

  • MooncalfReviews

    Posted Oct 3, 2009 3:32 pm PT

    Oh, son of a ...

  • EverestMan

    Posted Oct 3, 2009 1:43 pm PT

    So is there an update on this yet or is it still a rumor? Steam still has Oct 2009, Gamestop can't really tell their ass from a hole in the ground most days, I should know I work there, so I'm wondering if anyone knows anything else or this hoopla is still being caused by Gamestop listing something different than everyone else.

  • havocmerc

    Posted Oct 3, 2009 5:39 am PT

    So what else is new?

  • schesak

    Posted Sep 30, 2009 10:20 pm PT

    Someone should tell Amazon-USA to get with the program...they are still saying that the game will ship in October.

  • Zloth2

    Posted Sep 30, 2009 4:51 pm PT

    THAT would be great, dasboy1!

    By the way, Risen is looking to be a great RPG and is coming out in a couple of days. It's not like we have been left high and dry.

  • dasboy1

    Posted Sep 30, 2009 11:44 am PT

    well maybe they listened to some peoples feed back and they are making the game longer

  • EverteMax

    Posted Sep 30, 2009 8:21 am PT

    A whole 6 months...hmm...they must have found a major bug that will crash your consoles or PCs when activated...LOL!

  • PG213

    Posted Sep 30, 2009 3:06 am PT

    If this is really true I'm cancelling my pre- order.

  • krynspencer17

    Posted Sep 30, 2009 1:01 am PT

    You can pre-order Alpha on Steam for October 2009. So I am not sure who to believe.

  • NerdEmperor

    Posted Sep 29, 2009 10:48 pm PT

    I just checked Amazon and they say 10/27/09.

  • SuperB56

    Posted Sep 29, 2009 4:37 pm PT

    cwdawg1224 is right, why listen to gamestop or Amazon, last time I checked they were not making the game. Also, it's kind of harsh to let everyone look forward to a game until one week before it releases and then decide it's time to change. If it is true, it is not helping the way gamers look at Obsidian. Though I think that it is highly unlikely. It also doesn't make any since, because they are paying for advertising on this game in the Official Xbox Magazine, I mean why pay for advertising if it isn't coming out until next year.

  • The_PC_Gamer

    Posted Sep 29, 2009 2:27 pm PT

    @Thomasdeleo
    He was talkin about PC version of AC2. It was pushed to 2010

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