Circuit City filed for bankruptcy today. If you have been reading or watching the news for the past few weeks, this should not be a surprise. After all, earlier this month, Circuit City closed one fifth of their stores around the country due to the downward economy and fierce competition with other major electronics retailers like Best Buy and even online sources like Amazon and Newegg. Despite bankruptcy, a letter from President and CEO Jim Marcum stated that Circuit City still plans to operate the 566 remaining stores within the U.S.. Where customers might get ticked during the holiday season is the gift card. Circuit City is asking the Court for the authority to honor returns, exchanges, gift cards etc… Marcum concluded his statement hoping things would keep on going as usual. So if you get a gift card from Circuit City this holiday season, try to spend it soon if you can.
When Stranglehold was first annouced, I was very skeptical because I thought it was just going to be another lame action game with a Chow Yun-Fat twist. However, that turned out to be exactly what I wanted after the demo was released. And then, I was very disappointed when it was delayed for all the consoles. As a solution to all my probelems Stranglehold has officially gone gold for the Xbox 360 as Midway annouced today. The game is set to come out for the X360 on Septemeber 5th. That piece of good news was only true for the Xbox 360 version because the PC and the PS3 versions were delayed. The PC version was pushed back till September 18th and the PS3 version has been pushed back till September 25th. This does technically make Stranglehold a timed-exclusive for the 360…
Remember when Stranglehold was announced as a simultaneous multiplatform release in early August? Obviously that didn’t happen. Remember when it was slated to be coming out for the PS3 just a few weeks after the PC and Xbox 360 versions? Well apparently that’s not happening either, as the PS3 version’s release date has just slipped into something I like to call, The Unknown Zone. In other words, the game has been delayed without being given a new ship date. Better change that Sep. 17th in your pull list to a TBA until further notice.
Update: Stranglehold will still hit the U.S. on September 17th, but the European release date has been changed to a TBA status.
Update 2: All of this delay confusion that stemmed from a dateless press release has been cleared up by Midway. It turns out that the game will be hitting for the PS3 on time in both Europe and the US. That’s right, we will see this game on September 17th for PS3. Sorry about all that.
After about 2 years of anticipation, people will finally be able to play the Stranglehold demo, which has been released on the Xbox Live marketplace. The download is 1.28 GB, which is pretty big, but should include a lot of action. The game is serving as a sequel to the movie Hard Boiled, and should be available at the end of this month on the 360 and PC. Lets hope for a scheduled launch!
Loading ...
