Ubisoft gab aktuell bekannt, dass Watch Dogs sowie The Crew verschoben werden. Bislang ging man davon aus, dass The Crew im 1. Quartal 2014 im Handel erscheinen wird. Laut Ubisoft soll der NextGen-Racer im Fiskaljahr 2014/15 erscheinen, damit erscheint The Crew irgendwann zwischen dem 31. März 2014 und dem 1. April 2015. Watch Dogs soll laut Ubisoft im Frühjahr 2014 erscheinen und wird somit nicht mehr zum Start der PlayStation 4 im Handel erhältlich sein.
Laut Ubisoft war die Qualität der Spiele ausschlaggebend für die Verschiebung. Im Fall von Watch Dogs habe man in der letzten Phase der Entwicklung festgestellt, dass das zusammenbauen der verschiedenen Puzzleteile mehr Zeit als erwartet in Anspruch nehmen wird.
“Our ambition from the start with Watch_Dogs has been to deliver something that embodies what we wanted to see in the next-generation of gaming. It is with this in mind that we’ve made the tough decision to delay the release until Spring 2014.”
“We know a lot of you are probably wondering ‘why now?’ We struggled with whether we would delay the game. But from the beginning, we have adopted the attitude that we will not compromise on quality. As we got closer to release, as all the pieces of the puzzle were falling into place in our last push before completion, it became clear to us that we needed to take the extra time to polish and fine tune every detail so we can deliver a truly memorable and exceptional experience. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you. We thoroughly enjoy and appreciate the way you respond on the web, at events, press conferences and during other opportunities we have to interact. Your passion is what drives us. We can’t wait to see you in Chicago next Spring. We are confident you’ll love this game as much as we love working on it.”
Quelle Ubisoft