Cliffs of Dover on eurogamer.net release list

swiss · #1 01-15-2011, 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by kristorf

From todays Dev update

"Hi folks,
First of all I would like to say about incorrect information of release date and image of package, leaked by some way yesterday: Official press release (announce) probably will happens on the next week.
About current version progress: shots are done using pre-holidays version. Team is working over the new version. More news - next week".

So not even the RC (release candidate) is ready yet?
March is so dead.
If everything went perfect they could try to aim for June - but I would guess rather late summer.

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BadAim · #2 01-15-2011, 01:59 PM

Why is a March release so unrealistic these days? It's not like they have to burn millions of disks. Probably 100,000 would be fine for the initial release, as they are likely to push electronic distribution anyway. How long will it take a modern facility to burn 100,000 disks?

This is only speculation on my part, but I just don't see why it has to take so long to get the finished game out (assuming it can actually be finished in the allotted time). It's not like there is going to be any extended PR campaign, there never has been for Oleg's work. We're going to be the PR guys for this game just like we were for IL2, a role I'm just fine with. I get a large part of my business by WOM, it's a time honored principal.

IceFire · #3 01-15-2011, 03:01 PM

It takes two two three weeks from gold master to full production most of the time. That's sort of been the standard for years now. March is a possibility assuming they go gold in the middle of February. That means that the game has to be feature complete and in Q&A hands very soon.

yellonet · #4 01-15-2011, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by BadAim

Why is a March release so unrealistic these days? It's not like they have to burn millions of disks. Probably 100,000 would be fine for the initial release, as they are likely to push electronic distribution anyway. How long will it take a modern facility to burn 100,000 disks?

This is only speculation on my part, but I just don't see why it has to take so long to get the finished game out (assuming it can actually be finished in the allotted time). It's not like there is going to be any extended PR campaign, there never has been for Oleg's work. We're going to be the PR guys for this game just like we were for IL2, a role I'm just fine with. I get a large part of my business by WOM, it's a time honored principal.

They don't "burn" disks, they press them.
Anyway, the media isn't what is in question, it's the program, if it hasn't reached RC yet, odds are that there a quite a bit of bug squashing left and that takes time.
Do we even know if the game is in alpha or beta stage?

The Kraken · #5 01-15-2011, 03:23 PM

For better or worse, when using Steam they can simply burn "something" onto the discs and keep on developing until the official release date. Wouldn't be the first title requiring a 1GB+ download after initial installation

T}{OR · #6 01-15-2011, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by The Kraken

For better or worse, when using Steam they can simply burn "something" onto the discs and keep on developing until the official release date. Wouldn't be the first title requiring a 1GB+ download after initial installation

I sincerely hope IL2:CoD will not be like that. Oleg has stated that this is his intention as well.

There are more than enough unfinished titles out there.

The Kraken · #7 01-15-2011, 06:23 PM

Same here but with Ubi in charge of the release date you never know. Oleg has a good history when it comes to finished releases - for Ubi itself it's a mixed bag, and especially sims have been shoved out of the door regardless of state. Oh well let's see how it turns out...