DualShockers writes:
"If you think back to this past year's E3, the biggest title (besides Uncharted 2 of course) by far had to be Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. A couple of weeks before the convention IW released their very 1 teaser trailer that ended with the release date of 11/10/09. Prior to the trailer there were many other titles slated for a November release as well. However, following Modern Warfare 2's showing at E3 that all would change, like a domino effect, one title after another it seemed as all had begun backpedaling into early 2010. This epidemic of delays in the gaming community would come to be known as the "modern warfare flu".
Not every title was delayed, as some managed to actually move up in the calendar. Some titles like Uncharted 2 did the right thing. Naughty Dog and Sony, had probably the most impressive showing of any title at E3, yet they still adjusted to Modern Warfare and moved up from their original November date to October 13th. This was done in order to make sure it wouldn't get caught in the holiday release shuffle (*cough* and avoid Modern Warfare *cough*). While Uncharted 2, was making moves in the right direction, other titles we doing the absolute worse thing (besides cancel the game of course) they could have done by slipping into 2010..."
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EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.
EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.
Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.
This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.
SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space
Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
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I'm going to be so broke in January because of these delays!
Delaying to 2010, will only delay the inevitable! Getting crushed by MW2!
Meh, out of that list of the 7 being delayed, only 4 interest me. So, I'm not really upset at the push. Companies aren't stupid to go and compete against MW2. They saw what COD4 did and they're well aware of what it's going to do this time around with the community it has developed. Out of that list, I can probably list 4 or 5 games that gamers would have definitely gotten if it were released this holiday season.
For me, it doesn't really matter when a game comes out, I'll be buying the same games next year as I would have if they released this holiday season. On the same thought, clearing market space out isn't going to get me to buy a game I wouldn't have bought anyway. Unfortunately, I have little interest in MW2, and even less interest in buying it or playing it immediately.
Plus, there's a bit of the "WoW syndrome" too. Just because another title doesn't do as good as MW2 doesn't make it a bad or unsuccessful game by any means.