New game release dates

[nbarberich]

After searching your new site for about 10 minutes, I found a link to release dates. I tried to click on it, but it does not work.
One of the reasons I used your web site was to find information on new games and their release dates.
Are you planing to have a release date forum or not?

[Hieremias]

I too would like a page listing release dates, but in ConsumerReview's defence, keeping an updated calendar of release dates is brutally hard. Gaming companies constantly change the release dates, often without announcing it and often to something nebulous (like "sometime before Christmas").

It would be nice if gaming companies sent out press releases directly to the gaming sites informing them of release date changes, but that's not likely to happen. As it is now I have never found an accurate release date calendar on any gaming site (the one thing you never do is trust the release dates on purchasing sites like EBWorld). Gamespot used to have one, as did the old PCGR, but neither were accurate.

The best bet is, if you have a particular game in mind, go to that game's website or publisher's website. If there is a set release date, it'll be there.

[Suicides-by-Steve]

<div class=\"smallfont\">I too would like a page listing release dates, but in ConsumerReview's defence, keeping an updated calendar of release dates is brutally hard. Gaming companies constantly change the release dates, often without announcing it and often to something nebulous (like "sometime before Christmas").
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Well I would rather have a ballpark figure than nothing at all. There's times I hear of a new game, and even a projected suspect release date is more welcome than nothing at all. We all know that dates change beyond that, and we can be held responsible for what we do with that information after the fact. However, like you said, wasting time to update that even once a week, is not important as other things, especially if you're understaffed.

I generally get my "ballpark" release dates from EBWorld, or GoneGold (if the site isn't still struggling).