Twisted Metal launching on Valentine's Day

Hopefully this new date sticks. Twisted Metal gets a new release date and it will be on Valentine's Day. If by any chance you don't have plans on that special day at least you can grab Twisted Metal. If you do have a date, maybe squeeze in to buy the game? I'm sure your date will understand.

David Jaffe revealed the new date on the Playstation Blog with a little video.  A few weeks ago, he also revealed the huge delay back to 2012. It was originally date for October 4, but they needed the delay since they won't make the release date, the game was just not ready. With around 6 months to go until the release, David Jaffe and his team have all the time they need to polish, develop, and hopefully create the best Twisted Metal title.

Also in the video is a teaser of the story trailer of Doll Face. Yes, it is hilarious that they release teasers for trailers nowadays. A teaser for a teaser. Since I can't find a YouTube of the announcement right now, here's the link again of the announcement.

Twisted Metal Delayed to early 2012

Originally placed for an October 4 release, David Jaffe(creator of the series) just announced that Twisted Metal will be delayed and will be released in early 2012. That's a huge push back.  Jaffe said the game is just "not ready". I guess we'll just have to wait till next year for Sweet tooth, Calypso and the rest to return.

“With Twisted Metal we plan to ship a multiplayer classic. We plan to ship the best Twisted Metal ever made. We plan to convert a lot of folks who think vehicle combat is a relic best left to 90′s nostalgia. And we plan to explode the belief that the only relevant kind of shooter is a first person one. Most importantly, we plan on treating you – the kind folks who play our game (and pay our bills) – like the VIPs that you are. You only deserve our best and we appreciate your understanding as we take a little more time to guarantee that our best is what we deliver.”

I understand delays to have more time for polish and adjustments but from October to early 2012? how incomplete was it?! I guess they threw that October 4 date and challenged themselves to reach that due date, or was it Sony rushing it out the door?

When it comes to these delays, instead of getting bummed out, I just think of the game being a better one because of it, well hopefully that will be the case for Twisted Metal.

[Source: VG247]