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Blizzard Delays "World of Warcraft" Expansion Pack to January

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 23, 2006 - 10:09pm.
Irvine, Calif. - Vivendi Games' Blizzard Entertainment unit announced on Tuesday that it will delay the release of an anticipated expansion pack for its top-selling PC online multiplayer game "World of Warcraft" until January, missing the key holiday sales period. Irvine, Calif.-based Blizzard began closed-beta testing on "World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade" earlier this month. "By adding a few extra weeks to the development cycle beyond its original target date, Blizzard will be able to extend the closed beta test and further refine the new content that will ship with the game," the company said in a statement. "World of Warcraft" currently claims over 6.5 million subscribers.
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Sony Postpones Blu-ray Disc Player Release to Dec. 4

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 23, 2006 - 2:56pm.
Tokyo - Sony has once again delayed the release of its first standalone Blu-ray Disc player in North America. The BDP-S1, which had been scheduled for release in August before being bumped to October, will now go on sale for $999 in North America "on or about Dec. 4, 2006," according to SonyStyle.com. The player will now ship later than Sony's PlayStation 3, which also features a Blu-ray drive and goes on sale in North America on Nov. 17.
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Sony Delays Launch of PlayStation 3 in Europe to March 2007

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 6, 2006 - 5:44pm.
Foster City, Calif. - Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) on Wednesday reaffirmed the Nov. 17 North American launch date for its PlayStation 3 video game console, following an announcement earlier in the day that the European launch date for the console has been pushed back to March 2007.
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Toshiba Delays Release of First HD DVD Recorder in Japan

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 14, 2006 - 12:11pm.
Tokyo - Japanese consumer electronics firm Toshiba announced this week that it has delayed the release of its first HD DVD recorder until the end of the month, due to a lack of adequate supply.
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Sony, Pioneer Delay Release of First Blu-ray DVD Players

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 12, 2006 - 1:20pm.
Tokyo - Sony has delayed the release of its first next-generation Blu-ray Disc player from later this month until mid-August, according to a note on its Sony Style site.
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Sony Delays Release of Blu-ray Disc Movie Titles by One Month

Authored by dmw on May 4, 2006 - 10:26am.
Los Angeles - Sony Home Entertainment has announced that it will delay the release of its first titles on its parent company's Blu-ray Disc format from May 23 until June 20, when the first Blu-Ray DVD players are available in stores. The Samsung BD-P100, the first consumer Blu-ray player, is expected to be released on June 25. Sony Home Entertainment president Benjamin Feingold said the delay was announced "in an effort to ensure a more coordinated launch." The first players and movie titles utilizing Toshiba's rival HD DVD format have already hit the market. Toshiba spokeswoman Jodi Sally told USA Today that initial sales of the devices were "good," adding, "to keep up with demand, we will be receiving product from overseas." Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported that an initial shipment on March 31 of 1,000 HD DVD players in Japan has almost sold out.
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Samsung Postpones U.S. Launch of Blu-ray Disc Player Until June

Authored by dmw on April 4, 2006 - 4:56pm.
Seoul - Korean consumer electronics firm Samsung announced on Tuesday that it will delay the U.S. launch of its first Blu-ray Disc next-generation DVD player by a month to complete final testing, and will now ship the device in late June, Reuters reported. "We still anticipate that the Samsung BD-P1000 will be the first Blu-Ray player to launch at a national level in the United Sates," the company said of its device, which is based on Sony's Blu-ray Disc technology. Rival Toshiba last week began selling the first player for its proprietary HD DVD format in Japan, and plans to begin selling HD DVD players in the U.S. in April for between $499 and $799. Samsung's BD-P1000 will cost about $1,000.
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Eidos Delays Release of M-Rated "25 to Life"

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 30, 2005 - 3:07am.
San Francisco - U.K. video game developer Eidos announced this week that it is pushing the release date of its "25 to Life" title from October until some time in 2006. The company did not provide a new launch date for the M-rated game. Separately, Eidos said it shipped its "Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico" title for PlayStation 2, Xbox and the PC. The PS2 and Xbox versions will come with a DVD bonus disc preview of the company's upcoming "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend."
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Toshiba Delays U.S. Release of HD DVD Players to Early 2006

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 28, 2005 - 5:10am.
Tokyo - Japanese consumer electronics firm Toshiba announced on Wednesday that it will delay the release of its next-generation HD DVD players in the U.S. from the end of the year until February or March. The delay will likely erase some of Toshiba's lead over rival Sony, which plans to begin selling DVD players and PlayStation 3 consoles featuring its competing Blu-ray Disc format around the same time. "We have been discussing with content holders the most effective way to launch in the U.S. market, and it will probably be in February or March," Toshiba corporate senior vice president Yoshihide Fujii said at a news conference in Tokyo, Reuters quoted. Toshiba still plans to release HD DVD players in Japan before the end of the year, but said it would take additional time to ramp up mass-production for foreign markets.
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Disney Delays Expansion of MovieBeam Video-on-Demand Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 3, 2004 - 5:36am.
San Francisco -- Disney has said that it will delay the expansion of its MovieBeam video-on-demand service from this fall until next year, as it finalizes plans on delivery devices, CNET News.com reported. Disney said the service has received favorable reviews among consumers in the three cities where testing has gone on since October 2003, and said in May it would enter three new markets in the fall. "We're postponing the launch of the MovieBeam service (into new markets) for the moment until we finalize the specific device strategy for a more national launch in 2005," Salil Mehta, executive vice president of Disney's corporate business development, told News.com. "We're having conversations to embed or include the MovieBeam technology in (third-party) devices," perhaps including PCs. MovieBeam delivers films to a proprietary set-top box in consumers' homes over an unused portion of the broadcast spectrum using a technology called "datacasting". Before the service is expanded further, Disney also plans to simplify the user interface software and add free content including short films.
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