Not for the first time, a delay in the release of BioShock Infinite has been announced, with Irrational Games stating that the game is now scheduled to appear on 26th March 2013. The game was originally planned for release in October of this year, but that date was then changed to February 2013.
Speaking of the delay, Creative Director Ken Levine said, “It’s primarily polish and bug fixing. You know, ‘let’s make that narrative scene that much better. Let’s do another pass on the timing of that scene. Let’s do another balance pass.’ It’s a game we could have shipped in February. It just wouldn’t be the game that we think the fans deserve. And that doesn’t mean it was far off from that, but they deserve what they deserve. And when we ask people to pony up a lot of money for this game, we have to feel confident that we’re giving them something that they deserve.”
As for potential fan backlash at the news of this latest delay, Levine added, “I knew I was going to take some slings and arrows about it, but I always just said ‘look, at the end of the day, the slings and arrows will go away. The game will last forever.’ ”
[Via: IGN]