WHA Entertainment, developers of spring’s PSN-exclusive game based on the movie Kick-Ass, have announced that a “new and improved” version of the game will be released in the States next week.
The new version will include a new level (Frank’s Nightclub) with new enemies, and swap in a redone Red Mist boss fight, as well as rebalance the game’s AI, and fix sound and trophy issues.
“The great thing about today’s digital entertainment platforms is the ability for developers to go back and update content for consumers who previously purchased the game as well as new players,” says WHA’s Howard Horowitz. It’s an interesting new tactic for dealing with games rushed to meet a movie’s release date.
Those with the game will get the new version as a free update, and it will also be available on the store to new purchasers from November 9th in the States. No details have been announced on EU availability.
Source: Kotaku
SpikeyMikey23
hmmmm, i really dont think people will bother with this based on the first version’s reviews! definatley not for me, wouldnt even try a demo if they released one lol.
Forrest_01
Is it going to be any cheaper this time around? I suspect not, but I remember it being a tad on the pricey side last time (which coupled with poor reviews meant that i didn’t pick it up).
doswillrule
It’s nice that they feel sorry for making such a bad game, but this will do nothing to improve it nor its sales figures. Hardly a viable tactic when poor reviews will insta-kill most releases.
recommended4u.co.uk
This article makes me sad. It confirms that most devs don’t worry too much about issues with their games when they are released as they know they can patch it at a later date.
Obviously Fallout NV is the biggest example of this recently. A game that broken deserves to fail in my opinion, and if it had been released a few years ago, before people had their consoles online, it probably would have done.
I suspect more and more devs will take this approach: Rush their games out onto the shelves to beat competitors, patch at a later point.
Sad :(
shields_t
The thing that particularly upsets me about Fallout, is that surely they’ve been working with the same game engine since before Oblivion was released?
Grey_Ghost13
I know, just shows that as well as not caring about getting right first time before release, they never learn and do it again and again, the fallout Bethesda got from Fallout3 would have made you thought that wouldn’t have done it with New Vegas. But they did, and the suck for it, big time!
shields_t
Well I put up with the problems in Fallout 3 to play through it but hearing firsthand that the same problems still exist in New Vegas has turned me off any interest in picking it up.
bunimomike
With you all the way on this one. Look at the list of things they’re correcting. Those should’ve been sorted out in testing way before the initial release. The reputation of the first outing ruins all subsequent efforts to stop the scores (out of ten) from haemorrhaging.
Flaming Turkeys
I played it. It was abysmal :(. Film was really good too
gideon1451
I dug out my wetsuit yesterday, put it on, felt like Kick-Ass.
robeagle
lol
robeagle
I think this sort of thing represents lazy devs. I know they were probably under pressure to get the release in with the movie, but more and more games are adopting this approach. It just increases my respect for the GT5 team in wanting the game to be perfect before release
recommended4u.co.uk
Whilst I pretty much agree with your statement here, I cannot condone a company taking this long to create a game where essentially some cars are going to go round a track ;)
tantalus_blank
I really thought that said Howard Wolowitz for a minute. Still haven’t played the Kickass game, though it is sitting there on my hard drive waiting
Charmed_Fanatic
i dont think it will entice more people to buy it
gaffers101
Don’t think I’ll be paying out for this unless it has a big price cut.