Source – IGN

Nintendo has officially delayed Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon was slated for this holiday season, and Nintendo has stated that “Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon will now be available in the first half of 2013″. No official reason was provided to why the game was delayed till next year. The game was announced back in E3 2011, and was a given a release date of 2012, at this year’s E3.

Considering this year is already filled with so many high quality titles that are coming out later this, and holiday season. It is not very surprising that this could be the cause of the delay, mainly to avoid the competition, and get higher sales in the longer run.

Hopefully in the near future Nintendo will provide a real reason for the delay, and release some new information regarding this title, for now we just have to sit tight, and wait.

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Final Fantasy Type-0, the PSP exclusive mega RPG, which was supposed to be released in Japan on October 13 has been delayed by two weeks. It will now release on the 27th of the same month.

Square Enix says they have delayed the game to refine and polish the game further.

The release of the game’s theme has also been pushed from October 19 to October 26.

No North American or European release date has yet been announced for the game, or even plans to release the game in the west at all. Stay tuned for more info.

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After the announcement of ‘always-on’ DRM, the PC version of Driver: San Francisco has been delayed by a few weeks. The PC version will release on September 27th and MAC version date is TBA. The console versions face no delay and will be released on time.

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Spiritual successor to 2009’s brilliant RPG Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls, which was supposed to release in Japan on September 15th, will now release on September 22nd.

From Software they’ve delayed the game due to “various circumstances”, but have given no further details.

Dark Souls will also release in North America and Europe on October 4 and October 7 respectively, for the PS3 and Xbox 360. It hasn’t yet been confirmed if these regions will see a delay as well.

Twisted Metal has been delayed to 2012, and considering the crowded period it was releasing in, it is a good decision. It is disappointing for Twisted Metal fans but at least the devs will have time to polish the game now.

David Jaffe said in the PS Blog, “We’re not shipping Twisted Metal October 4th, 2011. We’re going to miss our  date. We’re going to be late.”

Do you think it was the right decision? Please tell us in the comments section below and stay tuned to GB for more updates.

Yes, the inevitable has happened; Witcher 2 360 has been pushed back to Q1 2012. Considering the amount of quality games coming out this November like Modern Warfare 3 and Skyrim, it was a good decision by CD Projekt Red to delay the game to avoid a commercial suicide. The reason given was, ‘additional time required to polish the game’.

“The extra time will allow us to polish the title to perfection, so that the game offers an ideally balanced, fantastic experience to gamers. As the launch of the game approaches, we will be sharing more details how it will be released on Xbox 360. I trust that despite the release date shift, players will be satisfied with what we are planning for them,” said CD Projekt boss Adam Kicinski.

Meanwhile, the PC version just got the patch 1.03 which makes it the definitive version yet.

Warner’s Mortal Kombat has faced a slight delay in its release in the UK and now will be releasing on April 21 instead of its earlier planned April 18.

The game will be releasing on schedule in the US, on April 19.

The game releases for PS3 and Xbox 360.

Thanks, EG.

In the words of Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot, they do not want to enter the “very competitive environment” of this year’s Holiday season (in other words, they want to avoid the inevitable Black Ops shockwave).

The game has been moved back to March 2011.

Guillemot also said that the extra time will help his team to full realize “their vision” for the game.

The game is also rumored to be Natal compatible.

If you want more on Ghost Recon, check out these screenshots.

“The game’s new release date – which we promise is final! – is May 18th, 2010 (May 21st in Europe).”

Hopefully they will stick with this release date. With the huge amount of pre-orders and the major hype that is arising over this game, It’s a wonder why they had the fear before of their game being a flop.

“With Red Dead Redemption, we felt that these extra few weeks will make a big difference in helping us deliver you an experience beyond your expectations.”

Which, from Rockstar, is a good sign as their games have been amazing in the past with selling many copies than the competition and the replay value of their games hasn’t let me down yet. Well, I am not about to let a simple 3 week delay discourage me into doing something drastic…like canceling my pre-order!