Colin McRae 3 delayed until February

Codemasters has announced that the PS2 version of Colin McRae Rally 3 will now ship in February 2003--some two months later than the Xbox version, which is scheduled for release on December 10.

Codemasters has stated that the reason for the delay of the PS2 version is to ensure that the graphics and gameplay are fully optimized before release, which, given that the PS2 game was released in Europe last month, suggests that it's just a matter of converting the game from PAL format to NTSC. For more information, check out our previous coverage of the game.