AoE: Definitive delayed until early 2018

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Age of Empires: Definitive Edition Delayed Until Early 2018 - NeoGAF

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Age of Empires Definitive Edition was originally scheduled for an October 19th release on the Windows 10 Store, but has been delayed until early 2018. The game will remain in Closed Beta until its release.
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Hi all, When we set out to re-release the original Age of Empires (as 'Age of Empires: Definitive Edition'), we had many debates over the extent of restoration that we should undertake. The challenge of re-releasing a classic is just that: it's a classic and it deserves to be treated with careful reverence. At the same time, in a living, thriving genre, norms continually evolve, technology advances, and player expectations change. This is as true for RTS as for any other genre. So, the challenge is to recreate the experience not as it *actually* was but as we all remember it. How can we modernize the game while preserving the fun, discovery and magic of that first experience? To that end, rather than a final release of Age of Empires: Definitive Edition on October 19, we will instead be inviting thousands more players from the community into our closed beta between now and launch to allow for more in-depth testing across single player campaign, multiplayer balance, fine-tuning the lobby, etc. We don't have a final release date to share quite yet, but are targeting early 2018. In the meantime, we will be actively engaging with everyone participating in the closed beta to gather additional feedback, set up multiplayer sessions, and ensure that the Age of Empires: Definitive Edition that we are delivering is the Definitive Edition that you want. Thank you, The Age of Empires: Definitive Edition Team

 
https://www.ageofempires.com/news/ag...elease-update/
 
Feels like a pretty late delay. Was suppose to release next week.

Legend

Ouch that's not a good sign.

Will this be like Driveclub?

the-pi-guy

Ouch that's not a good sign.

Will this be like Driveclub?
I forgot DriveClub delayed so close.  

Seems weird to delay a game 6 days before it was supposed to come out.