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[Moskalova]

Middle-earth: Shadow of War expands gameplay in every dimension, including the massive open world, the story, the RPG systems, and personal player stories of the Nemesis System. As with Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Monolith is committed to delivering the highest quality experience. In order to do this, we have made the difficult decision to move our launch date to ensure that Middle-earth: Shadow of War will deliver on that promise.

We understand that it might be disappointing to have to wait a little longer for the release and are sorry for the delay, but we are working hard to make an amazing game. We’re excited to show more at E3.

- The Middle-earth: Shadow of War Team

**Some territories such as Australia, New Zealand and Japan will have a different release date.

https://community.wbgames.com/t5/Official-Announcements/Middle-earth-Shadow-of-War-will-now-launch-worldwide-on-Oct-10/m-p/1533762#M16

 

[jbug617]

Middle-earth: Shadow of War will now launch worldwide on Oct. 10, 2017**.

Middle-earth: Shadow of War expands gameplay in every dimension, including the massive open world, the story, the RPG systems, and personal player stories of the Nemesis System. As with Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Monolith is committed to delivering the highest quality experience. In order to do this, we have made the difficult decision to move our launch date to ensure that Middle-earth: Shadow of War will deliver on that promise.

We understand that it might be disappointing to have to wait a little longer for the release and are sorry for the delay, but we are working hard to make an amazing game. We’re excited to show more at E3.

- The Middle-earth: Shadow of War Team

https://community.wbgames.com/t5/Of...ow-launch-worldwide-on-Oct-10/m-p/1533762#M16

Possible delayed for Scorpio launch?

 

[Dynomutt]

Scorpio

 

[Savantcore]

Christ, that's massive and sudden.

 

[SpaceWolf]

(Frustrated Orc noises)

 

[Keasar]

Thought it was delayed until it would get a perfect review.

 

[Chobel]

I bet that Oct 10th is also Scorpio release date (or very close it)

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Would be cool if that is Scorpio launch day.

 

[Theorry]

Scorpio

Uh uh.

 

[OfficerRaichu15]

Ahh sucks well hope the delay helps. One of my most anticipated games this fall.

 

[Killer Queen]

Christ, that's massive and sudden.

Its like a 2 month difference, lets not exaggerate.
Just hope it doesn't get killed in the holiday season.

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

Scorpio

Literally came in to say this. Lol.

 

[ReitStuff]

Good. Having this release the same day as Lost Legacy would have been too much for me.

 

[Undrey]

I bet WB is happy RDR2 is out of the way.

The delay was probably warranted. Every thread this game had had people saying it didn't look impressive. Might as well take a few extra months to polish it up.

 

[GravityInsanity]

Scorpio

 

[HeisenbergWW62]

August seemed like a good spot for it

I bet that Oct 10th is also Scorpio release date (or very close it)

Nah

 

[Stereogatari]

Curious about this game. I didn't play the first one, but heard good things about the battle system.

 

[Mass_Pincup]

Scorpio

Yeah, MS brought in that check.

My first thought wasn't Scorpio, but rather that they don't have to worry about RDR2 anymore.

RDR2 was delayed though.

 

[Markitron]

My first thought wasn't Scorpio, but rather that they don't have to worry about RDR2 anymore. August was a perfect release date for it though, shame it slipped.

 

[Jumeira]

DP apologies

 

[Courage]

The game did look rough, hopefully that's enough time to give it some polish.

 

[AngelOFDeath]

DANG IT. Was looking forward to it sooner. Definitely that Scorpio launch title

 

[Nirolak]

Not launching next to Destiny 2 is a better idea than launching next to Destiny 2.

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

My first thought wasn't Scorpio, but rather that they don't have to worry about RDR2 anymore.

Good point.

The game did look rough, hopefully that's enough time to give it some polish.

More time in dev is good.

 

[ahoyhoy]

Hoping reviewers will accidentally put the launch date in the score column eh?

 

[MadLaughter]

Good. Impressions have been rough.

 

[Raide]

To coincide with the Scorpio launch and the new SDK? Sounds pretty convenient.

 

[Diancecht]

 

[Markitron]

RDR2 was delayed though.

? That was my point.

Ohh completely misread your post.

Ah, no worries.

 

[Mass_Pincup]

? That was my point.

Ohh completely misread your post.

 

[Forsaken82]

Sounds like they failed Submission and need the extra time to fix the failures

 

[killroy87]

Scorpio

Yup

 

[UnlovedJew]

It's totally because RDR2 was delayed. It's a better release window anyway.

 

[Kard8p3]

I'm willing to wait if it will help the game be more polished. I loved the first game despite its flaws.

 

[Windam]

Aaaaaaaargh it would have been the perfect thing to end the summer with, given that I'll be in summer school until the beginning of August.
Hopefully this means they'll make more copies of the Mithril edition.

 

[AcademicSaucer]

Scorpio launch date?

 

[WhiteWaterM00se]

Delayed for Scorpio, I would guess.

 

[Dynomutt]

This game won't be able to just slide right in this year. It will have competition for those gamer dollars and mindshare.

 

[hanspampel]

10/10
best date

 

[Markitron]

It's totally because RDR2 was delayed. It's a better release window anyway.

Really, I thought August was perfect for a game of it's stature. Everything after Destiny 2 is really going to have to work to stand out.

 

[waitwhat42]

Nah I don't see Scorpio coming earlier than November. November 3 or 10, before Black Friday.

 

[Finale Fireworker]

I thought this meant they were delaying it until it was a 10 out of 10.

Edit: This makes me look even dumber with the merged thread title.

 

[FHIZ]

Had a golden spot on the calendar and now we move into the slaughtering grounds of crazy releases and everyone lacking time to play them. Oh goody.

 

[Nirolak]

Sounds like they failed Submission and need the extra time to fix the failures

...In June for a late August release?

 

[Zukkoyaki]

Oh thank god, August and early September were already crazy packed. Hopefully they also use this time to polish it to a sheen.

 

[Hippopuncher12]

I doubt it has anything to do with Scorpio, and has more to do with the fact that it looked rough as shit.

 

[JeffZero]

Does the story really look all that much better this time around? I haven't followed this game at all because I beat the first one and its story was so bad (IMO) I lost interest in follow-ups, but if there is evidence that they're working on it for Shadow of War, I might start paying more attention. I liked the atmosphere and nemesis systems alright, I'm just very story-driven.

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

Literally came in to say this. Lol.

Same lmao

 

[Curufinwe]

Does the story really look all that much better this time around? I haven't followed this game at all because I beat the first one and its story was so bad (IMO) I lost interest in follow-ups, but if there is evidence that they're working on it for Shadow of War, I might start paying more attention. I liked the atmosphere and nemesis systems alright, I'm just very story-driven.

The story sounds even more ridiculous this time based on what I heard on the Game Informer podcast.

 

[Turkoop]

I bet WB is happy RDR2 is out of the way.

The delay was probably warranted. Every thread this game had had people saying it didn't look impressive. Might as well take a few extra months to polish it up.

Every Publisher is happy with that, even Bungie.