Console versions as well?

(you won’t be able to play multiplayer in the PC version until Tuesday due to the Steam activation.)

huh..?? yes you play through steam.. but im told if you buy the PC version from disc you can simply play online… no need for steam crap lol but the master server is not online yet.

Some retailers are selling console version as well.

And I’m fairly sure you need to activate it on Steam to play it regardless.

Really? Steam… had problems in the past with that why cant we just play it online just like AVP2?

Anyway its out in the UK aswell.

I have a good feeling that AVP will released early aswell i think monday feb 15th i hope

I have only one thing to say:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLni3wbndls

Ok,the normal version is out in some stores,but whats with the hunterversion?

This happens to almost every game. Whether it is leaked on the internet or not.

they took our jobs!!!

this so bullshit, us UK boys gatta sit here an watch tht clock run, and we dont even fuckin get the game till friday

And I have to wait for the 19th???

FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU

huh?? i ordered hunters edition. 19th release date? not fair….hmv better deliver mine on 18th r 19th, cant wait anylonger. im goin cold turkey. or coldxeno.

Now this is bull!!!

Hey guy’s anyone based in the UK , reason I ask is because Play.com is selling AVP on PS3

http://www.play.com/Games/PlayStation3/4-/8990028/Aliens-Vs-Predator/ProductReviews.html

Look at the link, its saying it’s in stock and will be dispatched within 24hrs?

They took my job!

OMG

Makes me wish I’d waited to buy the retail box, instead of pre-ordering it on Steam… Well, sometimes they change the release date when somebody breaks the street date… Maybe we’ll see Steam unlock early?

WTF PLAY.COM NOW IN STOCK…..i pre-ordered with them few weeks back. WTF is going on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have no idea what is going on with Play.com and if they are doing this to get sales in early , I wanted to email then direct to see why and if they do have them in stock to post out! Very strange! any ideas?

It means they have their stock.

They will not dispatch until Weds.
They’ll get massive fines for dispatching before a certain date. So sadly, you’ll have to wait.

The same thing happened to me several times with Play. You’ll have it for release date, but not before.

The XBOX 360 version has bad framerate?!
Why? Is it not the PS3 who makes always the problems
with framrate???
And how much will the Hunter-Edition cost???
The reviews are not bad
GameInformer is shit

I hate that

Ok by now SEGA should really lift the release date commitment and give green lights, otherwise this will upset a lot of people. All retail and online shops have their copies of the game already anyway.

This sucks, I can’t get this game until the 21st because I’m going to Florida tomorrow.

i hate to wait until the 19th.

Just ordered AvP (X-Box 360) from Amazon in the UK, to my suprise I also saw Aliens: Colonial Marines available for pre-order as part of the same package but no release date. So is A:CM actually happening, can anyone shed any more light on this??

@ x-M-x

No you won’t be able to play until thuesday , developers aren’t idiots.. just like with MW2 launch they probably have files that arent on the disc, you’ll need to download them from the steam service in order to activate the game and even get it running.

Retailers sometimes get the games a whole week before the date, just because they’ve them in stock doesn’t mean it will go out before the date , jeez ffs grow some brain?

well I got Mass Effect 2 a day before the official premiere
I think that lately shops give away games earlier so that they can arrive on time

Avp is a title that isn’t street dated unlike games like Halo, Cod, or Bioshock 2. It can be sold whenever with no fine.

Oh yeah,this is looks like Counter-Strike!

@ RoaryUK – A:CM has never been cancelled, it was only rumours.

If play.com has it in stock then by all means go for it. I have had loads of things off them 1, 2 even 3 days early.

Don`t you just love different release dates on different continents? Why is it so hard to release the game the same day around the world? No wonder piracy is blooming, because of this kind of BS!

Walmart is just doing this to make money, if this game wasnt street dated how come gmestop(US) aint selling it. I WANT MY HUNTER EDITION!!!

hey guys i pre-ordered avp with play.com on the 3rd of feb. but one thing is worryin me….thy havnt took any cash out of my bank. but i got a email sayin its gettin dispactched and etc. should it of been paid for by now or is it becuase its a pre-order or something? need help

Drakolowe they will send you another e-mail when it is confirmed dispatched. You don’t always get something early off them but you never know. I got Wolverine DVD five days early last year.

This sucks!!! SEGA should release the game now!!!!!!! a lot of people are gonna be upset with this!.

cheers batman, if i dont recieve ths email by wed, im off the the local store to buy it friday morning.

Because they are effin walmart. They get better shipments then other stores. Gamestop isn’t selling it because they don’t have it in yet. Just like myself. I’m currently at my gamestore working and wishing it was in so I can sell it to others and myself. :P Maybe monday will be the lucky day, but doubtful.

i have decided i am not touchin tht feckin demo again. this is going to be one HELL of a long week!!!

So, Wal-mart has released it then?

I work in a Multimediashop and rules go as follows:

Games are not to be sold before releasedate unless there is a strict conformation concurrentstores sell before you.

Or you can sell them when the supplier gives a green light.

If you do sell, (wich is always shown in the computer) you can expect fines up to 10.000 (€) So just play nice :P and stay out of trouble

Once again.

Play.com will have copies, But do not have the ability to distribute copies until a date specified by the publisher. If they do so, They will be in breach of contract and fined.
They aren’t going to take a fine (last I heard, £30,000) happily.
They’re allowed to dispatch to guarantee Release Day arrival, so Thursday is likely.

Play.com do not debit you until the order is Dispatched.

Retailers like Wal-mart, who are huge moneymaking machines can risk the fines.
You’ll also see retailers like Wal-mart doing Release Day specials.

For example. In the UK, MW2 and Fifa 10 were £25 on release day because the massive sales they have will offset the lesser profit per sale.

AvP isn’t on that scale of release so don’t expect that however.

Alpha Defekt:
AvP is street dated. 16th in the US. 19th in UK.
Release date = Street Day.

Again, Walmart isn’t going to be fined. This title is not street dated. Sure it was supposed to release the 16th, but if stores get it early they can begin selling as soon as possible. I’m looking in my computer at work right now. It doesn’t have ‘street dated’ written next to it like other big release titles. So buy it if u find it.

Again @alpha they’re still not allowed to official sell it until 16th , 19th however sometimes they will send copies days before so people have it in their inbox on release day or one day before.

Besides your product on PC at least is useless until 16th anyway.

The Q an A said no queen in multiplayer, sorry alien fans, maybe for DLC? A “bring down the queen player” gametype like avp2 perhaps?

Well to be safe us Americans should just curl up on the couch and wait for the good stores like Gamestop to open Tuesday and then run in to go get the game so we don’t get fined.

Walmart probably won’t get fined for breaking Street Date. No one will most likely.

Walmart can risk it alot more than independent retailers though. They also have better lawyers to contest fines and such if they wish.

@thegreekgods

They don’t fine individuals, it’s not your responsibility as a customer, it’s the retailers responsibility to not sell it until they’re allowed to.