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The year 2020 was set to be a phenomenal year for video games; and don't get me wrong, it still is. However, a lot of the games that were coming out early in the year have since been DELAYED. The Final Fantasy VII Remake, Doom Eternal and now the wildly anticipated Cyberpunk 2077 from CD Projekt Red, creators of the acclaimed Witcher series has also been delayed.  How long is this delay you ask? Well the game was set to be out in April but now it's slated for September. That is an unbelievably long time to wait for a game that's been on everyone wanted list. Sigh.  CD Projekt Red confirmed the delay via a message on their twitter page and the later in an official post. Sad to see this happen to a game I was literally planning on making my life for the next few years. ==== Courtesy of Games News Network

In a new Production Update video from Hellblade's developer Ninja Theory, they are reporting that the game will not be released this year and will be pushed to 2017. They cite a cancelled project and working with Epic Games to push motion capture as the reasons behind the delay. Am I the only one who wasn't expecting this game this year. We never got a release date and as of writing this article it's December 1st. When was it going to be released if they were shooting for this year. There's not even a product listing for the game up yet. Hopefully we do get a release date soon. I like what I see from this game. Ninja Theory is doing something different here. --- Courtesy of Games News Network

Well another game has jumped aboard the delay train. Far Cry 3 which was scheduled to be released this September will now be released in December. Ubisoft has sited the need to create the best possible gameplay experience--which is the usually comment for every delayed game. They may say that but I wonder if this delay has to do with any feedback the may have received from their showing at E3 this year. In any case you can expect Far Cry 3 on December 4th in the US and November 29th in the UK.

It seems like every week, for the past few at least, we always start out with news that some game has been delayed. This week it's Aliens: Colonial Marines by Gearbox Software. This news coming from Sega today is quite surprising as the game was already pushed back once this year and now will be releasing on February 12, 2013.

I thought this week would be a great one, I thought that everyone would be hung up on Diablo III and Max Payne 3 to worry about anything else--well I was wrong. Following last weeks announcement that Bioshock Infinite will be delayed, this week Crystal Dynamics has announced that their Tomb Raider reboot will not make its fall release window and is moving to early 2013. The studio head Darrell Gallagher sights putting additional polish and finishing touches into the game for the delay. Now we have to wait until next year to play two of the games that were highly anticipated by gamers.

The official word came this morning from the games creative director, Ken Levine. Bioshock Infinite was to be released later this year but has been pushed back to allow the team more time to create the best Infinite possible. Check out the full article over at Kotaku .

After rumors surfaced last week that Vigils upcoming sequel to the original might be delayed. THQ has announced today that Darksiders II has, in fact, been delayed. The game will no longer launch in June but will be released globally in August and sites that this is great for the Vigil team as it allows them time to further polish the game. You can read the official blog post HERE . [via IGN ]

Chalk another one up to games delayed in 2012. Aliens: Colonial Marine by Gearbox Software was scheduled for a Spring release window but has now been pushed to this Fall. This may be sad news for many but here's a new cinematic trailer courtesy of IGN that is sure to help relieve some of that pain.

If you were looking forward to the upcoming reboot of 2K Marins reboot of First-Person Shooter Strategy game X-COM then it looks like you'll have to wait awhile longer to get your hands on it--an entire year in fact. X-COM was scheduled to be released this March however 2K Marin has decided to push the game into the next fiscal year. Although you can't get your hands on X-COM this year you will be able to get you hands on the remake by Firaxis Games, X-COM: Enemy Unknown. Enemy Unknown is more closely tied to the original game and will include real-time strategy view and turn based combat. The reboot may not have its turn this year but you will get your X-COM fix for 2012.