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[Toddydude]

<img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hi.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":gday" border="0" alt="hi.gif" /> m8es long time no see. anyways i just poppin in and i was wondering is Age of PIrates in alberta out yet? Anyway nice to be back for tonight anyway. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />

 

[Jack Davidson]

Aaaarrgghh.....welcome back there, matey.

Haven't really heard anything around here lately about an AoP release. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dunno.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="dunno.gif" />

Cheers <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />

 

[PirateSam]

Welcome back , AOP is out in Europe early as 1st of Sep and in the US a week after ..

 

[skull]

Nice te see yer mug in these waters again mate,aroun Sept.11, but who knows fer sure,not me <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />

 

[Black Bart Roberts]

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I say in the EB games web site that AoP will come out in the 18th of Sep. and in Europe, the 1st.

It also says it in Amazon and CompUSA.

 

[takedown47]

Australia gets it 8th September acording to Atari.

 

[ReiFukai]

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Gamestop now owns EB games, as that being the case; normally on "budget" pc games they (gs) dont press to terribly hard on having the units shipped to dallas tx with any kind of speed. (where there main pick/pack order fullfillment center is.) Ergo the 18th + date (they have chosen to have it shipped via ground to that location so they can sort/repack the units into the order fills of all the stores. Trying to get it at a store you can expect upto 3 days past the 18th, and in some small stores... I would hazard to say upto 2 weeks if not more before they would get around to filling a pre order... if you don't have it pre ordered your local may <i>never</i> get it. They will sit around at corporate and watch which stores sell copies and just keep pumping em to those locations.

I have never ordered anything from Amazon... although if they are saying the 11th/12th then I suspect they may be getting copies sent to em with a street date and will fill/release orders on that day... dunno what there turn around is. Then again they could easily just "be saying" whatever the date is... and have no product on hand at all... just ordering 30% unit over what they have in pre order... which again, means... waiting 3-4 days beyond the 12th before your check is in the mail.

In the states I do order from a place called "gogamer.com" which is EXCELLENT about getting import or low profile games in, (usually early), and there normally FAST FAST FAST about getting orders out. Although surprising enough they do not have age of pirates listed. I dropped em a note to there customer service and they sent me one back saying they are "looking into it"; my suspsicion is at this point is that there is some "lack of commitment" on this title at the moment; and I don't think atari has fully commitited itself to this release in any kinda expeditious way. As it goes Ill be keeping an eye on the usual suspects to find out which company can get the game to us in the states the quickest. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/whippa.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="whippa.gif" />

 

[skull]

Atari Australia site says Sept. release for Europe <a href="http://pc.gamedaily.com/game/news/?gameid=5380&id=10912" target="_blank">http://pc.gamedaily.com/game/news/?gameid=5380&id=10912</a>

Atari US Site has noth'n on AOP that I could find

 

[Ravenheart]

Just homemade translation patches for C3 where i browse.

 

[takedown47]

<a href="http://www.atari.com.au/games/overview.do?id=619" target="_blank">http://www.atari.com.au/games/overview.do?id=619</a>

According to Atari Australia us matey's get it 8th of september for PC-DVD and its only AU$69.95!!! Considering Age of Empires III was AU$101.99 at release thats a bargain.

The reason for the delay most likely is not that playlogic or atari are slack but rather playlogic was not prepared to publish the russian beta in its previous state, with all the bugs and CTD's. I reckon they only just finished editing it for the Western market and are only now pushing it off to Atari for production and printing of manuals (if they have one), packagaing and then finally distrubtion for the 8th!