Tuesday, March 15, 2011

The output of multiple video game canceled

A major earthquake affecting a large city and a hero to survive by managing food, water, and especially avoiding the pitfalls of the devastated city become hostile territory ... Such was the scenario Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 4: Summer Memories (Disaster Report 4 West), set out initially to urban survival on PlayStation 3 10 March 2011, the day before the earthquake and tsunami that hit the Japanese archipelago.

Delayed to next spring to technical issues, Irem, the game developer, announced March 14 the cancellation of the game, the principle echoes the disasters currently affecting Japan. The series is illustrated by Toshi Zettai Zetsumei principle of the original game: survival not face an attack monsters or enemy, but in an urban environment has become dangerous after a disaster, usually an earthquake .

The player must not only live out of town while avoiding the pitfalls, but also manage their hunger, thirst, fatigue, body heat, and to rescue survivors. In the first episode (2002, SOS The Final Escape to Europe, PlayStation 2), the players had to face a series of earthquakes affecting an artificial island off the Pacific.

Japan city struggling with massive flooding is the theater's second album (Raw Danger, 2006, PlayStation 2). The third component (2009, PSP, never released outside of Japan) made him the lion's share of earthquakes, floods, landslides and other fires. Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 4: Summer Memories took up the principle of survival against an earthquake by moving the action into a great metropolis.

The publisher Irem has not officially made the link between the cancellation of the game's release and the earthquake that hit Japan. Other games have also been delayed because of the earthquake. Yakuza of the End, which was released in the Japanese market stalls on March 17, was postponed to a later date.

The game depicts a fictional district of Tokyo destroyed by an attack of zombies. Toshihiro Nagoshi, the game's producer, said on his blog that the game was postponed due to the earthquake of March 11, report that Sega, the game's publisher, declined to do. A series of presentations of the game to be held this weekend in Osaka and Hiroshima was also canceled.

As for Motorstorm Apocalypse, its release in Japan scheduled on March 17, is postponed until an unknown date. This racing game is set in a bike town devastated by a series of natural disasters. Sony Europe also wants to shift the game's release, but many copies have been distributed in stores for sale from this week.

If it seems difficult to prevent the arrival of the game on the shelves, Sony said in a statement that they do not top retailers in the immediate future, and would minimize the advertising campaign. Sony America has not yet indicated whether it had also shifted out of the title. Le Monde.

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