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PlayStation 3 News

SSX Has Been Pushed Back 2 Weeks

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EA has announced that the release date for SSX has been pushed back. The snowboarding game was originally scheduled for a release on February 14, and is now scheduled in the U.S. on February 28, and in Europe on March 2.

SSX Creative Director, Todd Batty, commented on the delay. “Over the course of more than 10 years of making games I have not worked on a single project where our team did not wish, coming down the home stretch, that we could have just a bit more time.”

“Time to do all the little things that may not be noticeable during the first hour or two playing the game, but are appreciated over the course of days, weeks, months and beyond.”

“SSX was one of the games that always took the time to do exactly that. There is a reason why Tricky and SSX3 are still among the highest rated games of all time, and it is because even playing them today they still stand the test of time,” he added.

“Our goal from Day 1 was to re-launch this amazing franchise with a new SSX game that could live up to that legacy.”

PlayStation 3 News

New SSX Game Going Back To Its Roots

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You know what they say: where there’s smoke, there’s fire. Rumors of a new SSX have been floating around long enough that it seems inevitable that Electronic Arts is cooking up something.
These latest rumors come from Kotaku, whose sources say that Skate developer EA Canada is currently working on the title for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Unsurprisingly, the new game is said to feature Skate-style right analog stick for trick controls.
The source also says that the game will take the series “back to its roots.” A leaked survey from earlier in the year detailed a snowboarding title (not identified as SSX, however, keep in mind) that would be “an intense, moment-to-moment battle against the forces created from riding your snowboard over the most spectacular and remote mountains on Earth.” The same survey mentioned gameplay that would have players “avoiding, out-running and even riding on top of massive avalanches; battling hurricane wings; white-outs; bitter cold; falling rocks; and gaping crevasses that open up at a moment’s notice.”
Even further, the leak suggested all manner of activities outside of snowboarding include: helicopter drops and rescues, base-jumping, wingsuit/squirrel-suit flying, para-skiing, ice-climbing, and skyboarding.
EA is set to reveal at least one game at this weekend’s Spike Video Game Awards, which is teased with its “The Planet” trailer some time back. Some have speculated that the clip was teasing a new SSX, with its snow-capped mountains and icy storm.
I’m definitely one of the first people to hop on the “give me another SSX” train, so these rumors definitely have me intrigued. It all sounds a bit like a darker, harsher version of SSX 3, which probably stands as one of my favorite games… ever. Crossing my fingers we hear more soon, because a “true” SSX title is long overdue.