Release date changed
 

Found this at ubisoft forums:(
http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/t...9/m/7531033519

Somebody better tell Ubi: http://shop.ubi.com/store/ubiemea/en...s-Edition.html

Oooops ! :rolleyes: :mrgreen:

Very confused
31 of march gamersgate
24 of march ubisoft and gamesplanet
14 of april amazon.com

Here's 3/23 23.00 GMT:
http://uk.gamesplanet.com/buy-downlo...r-2307-39.html

So what can we learn from this? Wait for official word instead of trusting placeholder dates.

Learn? you expect us to learn? you crazy man.

Damn, how about Oleg clear it up with us? This xxxx is getting out of hand.

ubi germay is also showing 31.mar

WTF?

Told you
 

indeed you did...

"placeholder dates"??

We've placed our Orders and had order confirmations with pre-release delivery dates! What is more 'official' than that?

Why is everyone so laid back about this nonsense? It was an expected mess until the orders were taken but now it's a contractual commitment.

I think maybe it is not a worldwide simultaneous launch.

Each one of these websites is located in different countries and maybe there is a contract saying the respectives dates for them to start to sell CoD.

I live in Brazil, so I will buy a digital copy on the first release day, no matters where or who is selling it.

The only thing that sounds strange here is if you need a Steam account to play, why there is no advertisement at all on Steam abou CoD ???

I hope there is no delay on launch because I managed to get a 6 day leave from work starting 25th march :-P

A couple of weeks and we all will know the truth ;)

Because a week delay is not the end of the world, maybe.

It's not up to Oleg is it. If he hands a game over to the publisher on a given date, he can't guarantee how long it will take that publisher to release it. If his delivery date to the publisher has slipped, I expect we'll hear when they know enough to keep us informed.

In terms of xxxx getting out of hand, perhaps you're confusing the possibility of a minor delay in a game release with some recent natural disasters.

What contractual commitment? If you have a contract with someone to provide the game by the 25th March, and they don't, you can sue then can't you. But you don't, do you. If you can find your contract, try reading it.

take 10slowdeep breaths.lolnow doesnt that feel better,still dont know WTF's going on but i feel better:)

Still shows : Releases: 24/03/2011 for me on the fubarsoft shop.

Some of us here do order games more than once a decade and/or at least know that unforeseen things can occur, that and as above its not the end of the world.

Well we do now. This is from Ubisoft today, 15th March, after I emailed them asking delivery on my paid-for outstanding order:

"We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you.

The product that you ordered is a pre-order and has not yet been
released to the public. Although we do not have an estimated release
date, as soon as it is available your order will be promptly fulfilled
and you will be notified via email."

I'm cancelling the order and will buy it through some other channel when they finally stop lying to us. And don't tell me they're not or that a delivery date on my order confirmation and a release date on their website isn't a commitment. If it isn't it should be confirmed and listed as "estimated delivery date" to use their own very late words. They've had long enough to get their sh*t in one sock.

So much hate.

:eek:

He he, I've purchased software for millions of dollars with a lot less certainty about the actual release date for version x.x

Chill out!

Let's face it,the whole marketing of this game has so far been a complete sham,I don't think I can seriously recall such a sham in the marketing of a product in all the yearsI have been buying PC games.

I refuse to get uptight about this crap as it is really is laughable,have the inmates taken over the assylum?????.....what muppets are in charge,of running this launch?????.....hehe it's amazing,truly amusing too.

I too have pre-ordered and have been given the 25th of March as release day,but to be honest,I can't see it.

Wow, heads will roll now eh.

Er, it isn't a commitment. I know you said not to tell you, but someone needs to. You agreed to their terms, which state "UBI ... MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ... TIMELINESS.. AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS" etc.

They intend to have it out on the 25th, we're not yet sure they won't - it looks like it's now gone gold. And if they don't, how long will it be and whose fault is it? We don't know, but you're going to throw your toys out of the pram anyway.

My god, what whiny bunch you lot are.

You've been waiting 5 years for this thing to come out, another 15 or 16 days won't kill you.

Plus the official date is what ever date UBI publishes. I don't care what reseller's say, UBI (as much as I despise them) is the official publisher for anyone out side of Russia (? correct me if I'm wrong).

The resellers don't just sell CoD, they've got other more lucrative games to worry about and we simmers have to wait for some pimply faced teenager to update the dates on the resellers websites (over generalisation there I know), but believe me IL-2: CoD is not a high priority for them in terms profitability, so don't expect gold plated service. They'd be more interested in the other COD which sells millions of units.

Keep cool guys. The game is coming soon. One week more or less isn't the end of the world, especially after so many years of developpement. And maybe some people here should check out the real life a little more ;)

No one is lying to you, is it really that hard to get that into your thick skull?

Maybe Ubisoft learnt from the SH5 lesson and are beefing up their servers. This is the biggest SIM release for the next couple of years.

Its not hate. Its contempt.

I'm used to dealing with people and organisations that at least try to keep their promises and explain themselves if they don't. Many posters here obviously don't expect that of Ubisoft and perhaps that is based on their previous Ubisoft experience. I have never bought from them before.

Expectations of Ubisoft are obviously very low around here.

Triggaaarr, re-read the email they sent me, they do not have a release date yet. Of course that information could just be another spectacular piece of incompetence.

btw Codex what is UBI's Official Published date if it isn't what is on their website?

This isn't a moan about further delays to official launch. It has been launched. Some of us have actually paid for it. They simply weren't going to bother to tell me I wasn't going to get it when I expected to based on their own dates.

But then I guess I'm just old-fashioned.

I pre ordered sevearal Collector Edition from Ubi.
aven't been debited yet.
Will be when they ship.

Have you actually been debited? Just curious

I think some people,if they used paypal,will have already have been debited.
Theres a reason I didn't pre order...

If you look at release date here http://games.1c.ru/il2_britain/ it's still a 25 march 2011. Don't panic people, all be OK, I think. :)

Why don't we just sit back and wait, nothing we can do anyway so why get all flustered.
Out when its out.

Got a mail from amazon.de today. Release date has changed and new estimated delivery is 1st april - 13th april.


"Guten Tag,

wir bedauern, dass wir eine Verzögerung bei Ihrer Amazon.de-Bestellung ankuendigen müssen.

Wir bitten um Ihr Verstaendnis: Leider hat sich das Erscheinungsdatum fuer den oder die unten aufgefuehrten Artikel aus Ihrer Bestellung geaendert und damit auch das voraussichtliche Lieferdatum:

"IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover - Collector's Edition"
Voraussichtliches Lieferdatum: April 01 2011 - April 13 2011"

All of these release dates that I have seen changed are for either retail box versions or the collectors editions. I strongly believe the download version will be out on time, either on Steam or any other major game download site. Probably due to the fact that they have to press a bunch disks with limited time. I plan on getting the download version anyways. More money for Mr. Oleg means for more fun in the future :)

Yes I have paid for it, I used Paypal.

ms-kleaneasy (Ubi support) is looking into the mess over on the Ubi forum.

Yes, its time to stop posting. You can drag a horse to water but if he can't see its water......

I will post back one more time if ms-kleaneasy comes up with anything.

The only thing i care about is the possibility of it being delayed past mid-April, which to be honest i don't expect to happen. I pre-ordered a collector's edition via a relative in the UK who's booked return tickets back home for those dates.

If it's delayed past that date, it will arrive on my guy's UK address when he's not there. As long as it comes out between now and April 14th i'm good to go :grin:

funny, my email from amazon.de from 16.3 is saying 31.march :D

anyway, if its here it will be here...

Just in from the zoo (I need to get a life)

All fools day! Just about sums it up really.

amazon.co.uk is still not offering the game.

Anyway, we'll get it when we get it - no real rush!

You couldnt make this up!

Confirmed delay, from ubisoft forums.


ms-kleaneasy
UK Forum Manager

Posted Wed March 16 2011 04:26 Hide Post
The date has indeed moved, albeit by a very small delay to the 1st April...and again very sorry you didnt hear this from us first


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It's not that bad to be honest, released on the RAFs Birthday. However still not holding my breath. Will only believe it's here when I'm flying my hurricane over those White cliffs.

Cowboy10uk

... two weeks. Be sure.

hmmm moved to april fools day, I dont think so its still the 25th you speculatumonkies :)

:) Yep it's an April fools joke ,the real date is April 14th [2 weeks in April] ,they just don't know it yet :rolleyes:

I wonder if games are released in april at all?

No one will take it for serious. :grin:

Doesn't change anything in Canada or the US, always April 19th...

Everyone needs to chill there's so many rumors about this and this is discussed across several posts its quickly becoming the only topic discussed. I can't imagine what a delay would mean to anyone. Half a dozen of one or six of the other. No one has been charged for their order yet and wont be process until it is available.

Thats not quite right! I paid for mine by Paypal already.
Thats after already paying for a CE edition then getting a refund because it wasn't going to be made available in my area. So I have in fact paid twice.

You know there is such a thing as preordering without paying in advance.

Nose out!
I was replying to timej31's post correcting him about the fact that some people had already paid.

They took your money? Ouch. But hey that's how you get rich. I was told over and over by my dad that there are people out there desperate to reach into their pockets and just hand you 20 bucks but I never believe it. I am starting to see what he was talking about.

What did you get for your money? Hold onto it and earn interest on it then pay when it's available. Doing so only makes said product cheaper or adds a few cents in your pocket due to interest. But they have it and everyone else that did it and they hold it and earn the interest. If they don't come though maybe you will get it back. But then they keep the interest.

New date: 18/04/2011 at 23:00 BST, AC-10 Warthog filling in Nicely!
 

New date: 18/04/2011 at 23:00 BST. Who knows when COD will come out, Laughable and not believable. Release date changes like the wind. How many times has this date changed? I am betting on Christmas 2011/2012

Almost don't care anymore. Thats OK Cuz....DCS: AC-10 Warthog filling in Nicely! :cool:

You are confused
 

I was charged. I wonder if they will have the record of my payment in 2014 (if then) when this is released?:evil:

I'm in the US, just looked at the ubi page after reading the delayed thread in the ubiforums with conf from the forum admin. It's showing a date of:
PRE-ORDER
RELEASES: 04/26/2011

I'll cancel my pre-order and just get it later, rumors or not I'm tired of all this crap. I can easily bide my time with Rise of Flight and their new dynamic campaign when it comes out. Or get DCS warthog, or hell, maybe I'll start playing Eve Online again. Either way, I'm not sitting around here waiting for this any more. The next time I check, hopefully it'll be out. :rolleyes:

+1
I am sick and tired of this crap,have just checked gamesplanet and release is now 18/4/2011,ubisoft are a fcukin joke:evil::evil::evil::evil::-x:-x:-x:-x

It should be no surprise to you all... its been the 19th April on US and Canadian websites (amazon) for weeks.

the 19th is a tuesday... games are usually released on Tuesday (for example, 'Homefront' just came out yesterday, and Crysis2 is out on the 22nd).

the 25th never had any truth to it.

not saying i'm surprised or anything like that.. I always though it odd (but cool) that CoD might be released on a Friday. I'm just tired of 6 different dates of release and am putting my mind elsewhere till god knows when ;)

I'm moving to Russia! On second thought, maybe I'll just order a Russian bride and ask her to bring the game as her dowry!

Hmmm... Well it's no surprise to me considering how much everyone was complaining before we even had a release date about not having one. They probably felt pressured to give us a date to shut all of us up for awhile, but didn't give themselves enough time. It did sound too good to be true when i first heard it, but oh well. Another month is nothing, even with how anxious I am. Big friggin' deal. ;)

Not anymore. Ubisoft store is now showing 26th April for US and Canada.

It looks like the 7 days delay just got added to the other regions too.

PS A bit rhetorical, but why on earth have a digital download edition release date so different per region? I can understand things like DVD's and Collectors Editions, but to put a delay between the EU and US seems madness.

PPS Still buying it though :)

What do you expect when there has been little to no information that has been released, in comparison to other games that is.

The Russians and 1C should invest into Twitter and Facebook, after all it seems to be working out well in Libya, Egypt, and other Middle East Country's. :grin::grin::grin:

ROFL!!!!!!!!

Just checked UBI's website... THE DATE IS NOW APRIL 26th

Tuesday.... April 26th.

This is by far the most official date, as its from UBI directly.

"two weeks be sure":rolleyes:

BE SURE! :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

i need a :fallsoverdead: emoticon at this point

Still showing 24/03 on ubi australia

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c9...n/rmo0290l.jpg

:rolleyes: Maybe as they are extending the release date daily they may be adding all the stuff that should be in there in the first place.:rolleyes:

Hopefully they are re-configuring the code to make Steam use optional.

not in the uk they dont :)

Guess CoD finally inherited the title of becoming the new Duke Nukem Forever.

The King is dead! Long live the king! And most important...

Hail to the king, baby!

CLIFFS OF DOVER


OFFICIAL SITE


PLATFORM: PC

RELEASE DATE: 25/03/2011

DEVELOPER: 1C: MADDOX GAMES

just looked at Ubi uk site still this :)

Wouldn't suprpise me if the game's done and all ready to go, and now it's being kept from release for a month so UBI can finally make some video's and do some kind of promotional work for it.

You just may have something there. Plus, they have more time to do the "release day patch" this way. :)

Well...that would be a first :)

Do they have the right to stop 1C releasing it in Russia? If not, it would be a bit pointless.

Well, let's put it this way: The Russian version is gold. That may not necessarily be the same as the international version... just a hint, but you read the same forums I do, so...


;)

I tracked my orser today and found that aparently in the uk the boxed edation (collectors) will be shipped on the 21st march 2011 thats just 5 days away

ah, so that's what this is



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrTuuUyYESs

I just send a email to game.gamesplanet.com in order to confirm the release date.

http://game.gamesplanet.com/buy-down...r-2307-39.html

They changed the release date to: 18/04/2011 at 23:00 BST.

It's the first time a preordered a game, and only because of the credit that Oleg's Maddoc and his team give it to me. I am wating for gamesplanet confirmation of release date. If the game is delayed, i will cancel.

No date at all it's better than a bad date. We have been waiting so many years, not a real problem to wait some months more. But confussing the community and the potential buyers of the game it's not the best idea.

I really don't understant why people preordered a download version.
If you bought it on the release date, would anything really change?

Anyway, we'll get it when we get it, no real problem :D

getgames now listing download version for 45 bucks and release date is now 31.3.....and paypal is not an option anymore..eek

It blows my mind that nobody has told us when this game is coming out.

I'm not sure if anybody has a brain on the other end...but you might just want to let your customers know what's going on.

+1
I feel sorry for all the mugs who preordered and paid wilth paypal.

I just don't see the advantage of pre-ordering either. It's not like you have to wait in a queue based on how early you threw your money at them.

More options for where to order from are available the closer to release date.

If the CE was available here in Canada on the earliest release date I'd spend the extra money but since it looks like d/l will be easiest and fastest I'll likely wait for Steam unless they're delayed for weeks compared to another option.

I don't know how everyone gets themselves so upset over the lack of promotion, videos or even release date. It's been 8 frikkin years folks so why microanalyze the why's and whatfors of a couple weeks.

Then again it's been highly amusing watching everyone lose their minds.

I ordered the Collectors edition through a shop over in OZ, with the idea that if it was gong to take too long I would just buy the download, "No problem having the game running on a couple of PC's at home" I thought.

But if it requires steam they don't allow you to have multiple copies of the sim under one account. That'll mean a new email address for the account and a whole lot pain in the butt keeping track of things! Down loading patches for each installation and things like that.

We never knew how good we had it!

Cheers!

Hmm, kinda makes sense. But couldn't you just install the one copy and play it on both computers using the same Steam account? Wouldn't you just log on to the same account from any number of computers you wish to play on?

I knew that we cant trust in Ubi, but now, How can we trust in Oleg?

Well, I for one know that he isn't infallible, can't see the future and doesn't always have more information than we do. It isn't a religious faith, after all.

I also doubt he sits like Santa watching each DVD produced by elves ...but you never know ;)

Well I wouldn't get too harsh on Oleg. he said the 25th and it looks like in the old world that is still going to be pretty close.
Just us poor souls in North America will probably have to wait an extra month, which is not uncommon for euro-games I am led to believe.

Hahaha oh god, I actually have tears in my eyes. That was pretty funny.

Guys, have some perspective. This game was originally supposed to come out in 2006. That's five years ago. I was really excited too -- only a week left! -- so I was extremely disappointed, and yes, annoyed, that news of the delay came so close to the planned release date.

But at the same time: 1) After a five-year delay, does anyone want it rushed out with glitches, multiplayer infrastructure that still needs tweaking, or other issues? 2) After a 260-week delay, a delay of a few more weeks is only about 1% more. :-)

I'm quite certain 1C and Ubisoft have a good reason for delaying. They want you to part with your money as much as you want to part with it. But software can be unpredictable, and delays happen with almost every software product. Fact of life.

Certainly, 1C and Ubisoft could have communicated this a LOT better. A short statement from someone in the company on the delay, and confirming new release dates in various territories, would do well in quelling the online vitriol.

But to see this degenerate into personal attacks on Oleg's integrity is just embarassing. It perpetuates the flight sim gamer stereotype, and is the kind of behavior that sent many of the flight sim developers of the 90s/early 2000's into different careers, because they were tired of the immaturity of the community. (That's not hyperbole -- two Jane's developers told me about -death threats- they received.)

It'll come out when it's ready. You may have to wait a few more weeks, but I'm sure you'll play it for years afterwards.*

<Shatner>Get a life. It's just a flight sim.</shatner> :-)

* Unfortunately, given how rare it is to see new flight sims anymore, that's no exaggeration

Hmm shame that i have paid for this product as many others have and yet you seem to express the opinion that its ok that companies false advertise about dates, I thought the law was TBC untill a solid date was in place?
Mate if you went to a convenience store and walked around and picked your produce then 'after' you have paid for it the clerk said put all these things back please as they are just not ready for you to have yet, would'nt you feel taken aback?
Most of us paid for the pre-order because Oleg assured us that the 25th of March was SOLID.
None has flamed the dev's at all, and you are the only one perpetuating the Flight Simmer stereotype, i think that its bullshit tbh, as this FS community that I have been in and around since the first years of the internet is one of the more mature communities there is.
99% of the crap is by people who have nothing to do with the community. I've seen them enter the forums about a month before every new flight sim that ive been following and stir this sorta crap up.
It doesnt happen when there is plenty of info exchanged between the dev's and community sadly as the heat has turned up, the communities questions havent been answered as frequently this time which has helped lead to this situation.
Not sure what has happened this time but its not off the greatest of starts.

The main problem is that we have already paid :rolleyes:

Just us poor souls in europe will probably have to wait an extra month which is not uncommom for US-movies i´m led to believe.

Poetic justice :rolleyes:

The game simply wasn't ready for release. They've been optimizing the sim until the last minute to get every last frame they can squeeze out of it. When you change things you can create bugs. Delays in the gold release causes delays all the way down the line for downloads, advertising, pressing, shipping etc. Its impossible to give a solid release date in this situation. If everything went well they may have made a March release, but it didn't.

You're comparing a -at tops- 3.5 hour movie to a game that would be played for years to come. That's laughable.

Come on. We've waited 6 years+ for this simulation. A week more or less won't kill you.