Update on Black Sea release

[ChrisND 8]

Hey guys!

With Christmas coming up, I figured that you guys deserved an update on where the release status of Black Sea stands.

As veteran customers know, we rarely set a release date for our products, instead preferring to release a game when we deem it to be finished. However, internally we do set a general time frame that we wish to release within. You may have noticed that over the last several years, our games tended to be released about four to six weeks after pre-orders were opened. We are now closing in on the end of that six week period.

Our goal for Black Sea was a pre-Christmas December launch. However, as we draw closer to Christmas it has become clear that we need just a little more time to tie up the loose ends. Since the second half of December is a problematic time period for doing something as time consuming and demanding as going through the motions of releasing a game, we have decided to release Black Sea in mid January.

We really wanted to get Black Sea into your hands before Christmas, and many late nights / early mornings were worked through to make that happen. Ultimately though, we have had to make a tough call and decide that we would rather have the time available to tie up the last of the loose ends than try to rush Black Sea out before Christmas without the extra few days to ensure that we were releasing a quality product on day one.

We continue to be grateful for what is surely the most amazing customer base ever, and we are very eager to get Black Sea into your hands as soon as possible!

Chris

[StrykerPSG 2]

Kudos to the team for trying with all their best intentions to get us this gem before Christmas. I would much rather have a refined product that proudly shows your title accordingly, with minimal issues then a bug fest filled with agitation by the end user, just to make a hard coded delivery date. Your team has always delivered top notch releases and this one should be no different. Take the time it needs to be released in it's best state.

 

Thank you for the public statement and causing some to have less anxiety attacks counting down to the 25th....Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and the team

 

Matt

[miller41 7]

Agreed, I would prefer to have a product that is ready when it is ready then to have it early and then run in to problems. am sure it till be worth the wait

[Chudacabra 72]

Thanks for the update. Would much rather wait for a better game, just make it good!

[Davek555 14]

Thank you for the update Chris. A little dissapointed it won't be out for Christmas but it will be something to look forward to after the holidays. I'm sure it will be well worth the wait. Appreciate all the hard work you and the BFC team put in to make it happen.

 

Any chance you could let us in on what BFC has in store for the rest of 2015? New games, modules, vehicle packs coming up after Black Sea?

[sburke 1,790]

my understanding was there was a heavy bribe involved in moving the date based on c3k's offer of a free copy.

[MikeyD 734]

Maybe the delay is all my fault, maybe its not all my fault. Anyway, its mostly my fault. 

[Waycool 10]

Maybe the delay is all my fault, maybe its not all my fault. Anyway, its mostly my fault. 

Shakes fist damnnnnnnnnnnn you MikeyD

Edited December 19, 2014 by Waycool

[emccabe 13]

I am not happy that it will be delayed but I am happy that that means we will get a better final product so it wont be like rome 2 at launch

[71st_Mastiff 11]

Cool at least we get some more AAR's.. I already paid so I'm not worried.

[Na Vaske 36]

Well, in Russia/Ukraine Christmas is January 7th, so perhaps you might still make your goal! 

[verulam 19]

Thanks for the update Chris, fully appreciate the reasons. 

[HUSKER2142 52]

Well, in Russia/Ukraine Christmas is January 7th, so perhaps you might still make your goal! 

 

In western Ukraine, Christmas is celebrated on December 25.

[Stagler 60]

Cheers for the update, although disappoiting, it gives us a general timeframe instead of leaving us hanging over the christmas period like most developers do.

[satan 0]

Thanks for the update Chris.

 

Any chance of a "Christmas bone" by adding some new screenshots on where you are at, i.e vehicle shots etc?

 

 

Then we can chew on it till Jan 

[Mike Churchmoor 0]

Finish the game and release it when its ready. This way you don't have to, hopefully, release the 1.xx patch right after the game release. 

 

Thanks for the update.

[rocketman 238]

Thanks for the update Chris. I guess I'm a little disappointed, but glad that you made the call so that the game is top notch at release. Also, one less excuse for me not to get into scenario design now that I get a three week break from work. I've been meaning to do it for a long time now.

[Holien 54]

Good to know, thanks for the update.

[Placebo 18]

Thanks for the update, good to know.

 

It will be Elite:Dangerous for Christmas then CMBS in Jan

[Yardstick 0]

Thank you for the info. 

Now I won't feel compelled to spend my leave sitting on BFC hitting f5!

[RabidOtters 12]

my understanding was there was a heavy bribe involved in moving the date based on c3k's offer of a free copy.

There is currently an internal investigation looking into this matter.  I've written my congressman on the situation, as well.

[c3k 567]

There is currently an internal investigation looking into this matter.  I've written my congressman on the situation, as well.

 

He was bribed, as well.

 

[Michael Emrys 455]

We really wanted to get Black Sea into your hands before Christmas, and many late nights / early mornings were worked through to make that happen. Ultimately though, we have had to make a tough call and decide that we would rather have the time available to tie up the last of the loose ends than try to rush Black Sea out before Christmas without the extra few days to ensure that we were releasing a quality product on day one.

 

Thanks for getting the word out, Chris. I can all too well appreciate your predicament. I find as I get older that everything takes about three times as long as I thought it would!

 

 

Michael

[ChrisND 8]

Any chance you could let us in on what BFC has in store for the rest of 2015? New games, modules, vehicle packs coming up after Black Sea?

 

I'll see what I can do.

[Harry Speakup 31]

Better to release it when it's truly ready, than rush it and have some glaring bug cause frantic patching before you've even managed to digest the Christmas dinner