Publishing label Rockstar Games announced a delay for Midnight Club: Los Angeles today, as the Rockstar San Diego developed PlayStation 3 / Xbox 360 racer is now due October 7.

Rockstar had previously indicated a September 9 ship date for the game. As before, the PSP game Midnight Club: LA Remix, developed by Rockstar London, will ship on the same day.

With E3 and its countless parties coming up, these timely new This is Vegas screenshots from publisher Midway caution us of the dangers of drinking to excess. Once expected to arrive this year, the open-world and many party-based activities of Surreal's This is Vegas, including wet t-shirt contests, are now slated to hit PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2009.

Developer CD Projekt today revealed that its reworked and tweaked version of The Witcher, titled The Witcher Enhanced Edition, has been delayed to early September.

Originally slated for a May release, CD Projekt made mention of the delay in April, but had not specified a new date for the expanded PC fantasy RPG.

The revised launch date was announced in an update to the game's community page, where the company explained that the delay was necessary to prepare ten different language localizations of the game for a simultaneous release.

Beyond bug fixes and stability improvements, The Witcher Enhanced Edition will see the addition of fifty new character models for an increased variety in NPCs, new voice acting, a redone translation, improved facial animation and gestures, and... Read more

Publisher Square Enix has dismissed reports that its action-RPG offshoot Final Fantasy Versus XIII (PS3) is on hold, claiming that development of the game is still on track.

"Reports that development for Final Fantasy Versus XIII is on hold are false," the company said in a statement reported by Eurogamer. "The truth of the situation is that when free, some staff from the Versus team have been helping with the XIII team on development of Final Fantasy XIII."

The statement directly contradicts yesterday's report from Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, in which Final Fantasy XIII (PS3) lead designer Tetsuya Nomura said that the team behind Versus XIII were pulled from the project to help complete FF13.

"Development for both titles is continuing as originally scheduled," added Square Enix.

Set in the same universe as Final Fantasy XIII, Versus XIII is an action-RPG featuring completely different characters and story than its main series counterpart. The games were announced at E3 2006 alongside a third title, Final Fantasy Agito XIII, in development for mobile phones.

The team behind Square Enix's action-RPG offshoot Final Fantasy Versus XIII (PS3) has been pulled off the project to aid in the completion of the main series installment Final Fantasy XIII (PS3), Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu reports.

Going by a translation from gaming forum NeoGAF, Versus XIII will remain on hold until Final Fantasy XIII has wrapped. Both titles have suffered several delays since their announcement, and a firm release date has not yet been specified.

The latest edition of Square Enix's flagship RPG series, FF13 was unveiled at E3 2006 alongside Versus XIII and a third game, Final Fantasy Agito XIII, for mobile phones. The titles have yet to be demonstrated in playable form at any conferences.

The forthcoming Xbox 360 biomechanical strategy RPG Zoids Assault has been delayed two weeks to a new September 9 release date, publisher Atlus announced today. The company provided new screenshots as a means of explicit distraction. "Zoids Assault is going to slip out of late August and into early September," said Atlus sales manager Aram Jabbari in a press release. "Hey, are these new Zoids Assault screenshots? These are great! Let's focus on these instead."

Zoids Assault is the latest title in a long-running franchise based on plastic model kits produced by Japanese toy manufacturer Tomy. The game features grid-based strategic warfare with war machines that can be customized with over 60 different parts.

Now available for all to download is a trial version of the Spore Creature Creator. This tool will allow you to create your own completely unique creatures, which you can then use in Spore later this year.

If you want to go beyond the trial, Electronic Arts will be selling a $10 full version of the tool online, starting tomorrow--marking a one-day delay beyond what was originally announced.

Publisher Sega announced today that Stainless Games' Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm will hit PCs next Monday and the Xbox 360's Xbox Live Marketplace next Wednesday.

Based on Mondo Media's cute yet disturbingly violent animated series Happy Tree Friends, False Alarm slipped from its originally scheduled April release for unspecified reasons.

In celebration of the game's swiftly approaching release date, Sega of America released a new trailer from the upcoming action-platformer. Registered users can use the HD Stream.

Rockstar parent company Take-Two Interactive revealed today that it has delayed the first piece of Grand Theft Auto IV DLC until the first quarter of its 2009 fiscal year, which runs from November 1, 2008 to January 31, 2009.

According to the company, the Xbox 360-exclusive downloadable content was pushed back "in order to provide a better balance in Take-Two's release schedule."

Little is known about two planned pieces of game-expanding content, though marketing materials refer to them as "episodes." Both were originally slated to debut before November 1, though the second pack was pushed into FY2009 late last year.

Reuters is reporting that Volition's Saints Row 2 (PS3, X360) has been delayed. Originally scheduled for an August 26 release, the open-world action game sequel is now expected October 14.

The delay can be attributed to "product quality and marketing considerations", with THQ executive Bob Aniello noting "Product quality is a huge driver of a game's success and this move allows us to polish the game. The game is done, it's about polish."

Nintendo has slightly delayed this week's release of Wii Fit, nudging the title from two days past its announced debut on Monday, May 19.

Though Nintendo launched the game at New York's Nintendo World Store yesterday (pictured left), the rest of the North America has to wait until Wednesday, May 21 to get its hands and feet on the $89.99 fitness game and its weight-sensitive balance board.

No reason was provided for the delay, though Shacknews can confirm that many retailers already have the much-anticipated fitness title sitting in their backrooms.

An unconfirmed report by Xbox World 360 magazine claims that Ubisoft's twice-delayed stealth-centric title Splinter Cell: Conviction has been postponed yet again, with this delay going so far as to push the Xbox 360-exclusive game "back to the drawing board."

As relayed by CVG, the magazine states that the game and its pedestrian-filled environments are now expected for a holiday 2009 or spring 2010 release.

Ubisoft had previously expected a release between April 1, 2008 and March 31, 2009, with a Microsoft GDC presentation in February listing Splinter Cell: Conviction among the exclusive Xbox 360 titles due out this fall

The magazine speculates that the delay stems from the game not comparing favorably to other internally-developed titles, such as Ubisoft Montreal's Assassin's Creed.

When reached for comment by videogaming247, Ubisoft did not deny the allegations, but instead claimed it had "no official comment on this story, which is based on a purely speculative news piece."

Update: When reached for comment, a Capcom representative responded, "At this time, Capcom Entertainment Inc has not officially released a release date for the next-gen Bionic Commando or Bionic Commando Rearmed."

Original Story: GRIN's enhanced remake of Capcom's NES swinging platformer Bionic Commando has been delayed until later in the summer.

Capcom representative John Diamonon revealed the delay on the PlayStation.Blog, noting that Bionic Commando Rearmed would debut sometime after 1942: Joint Strike (PS3, X360) hits in July.

Previously slated to arrive in May, the downloadable title should sell for $10 when it eventually appears on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Media Molecule's cutesy and customizable PlayStation 3 platformer LittleBigPlanet is now expected to arrive in October, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe revealed at an event today.

SCEE had previously slated the game for a September debut.

When reached for comment, SCEA told Shacknews that no North American release date has been formally announced, though a global fall release of the Blu-ray title was provided at this year's CES.

At a press event today, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe announced that Guerrilla Games' long-anticipated PS3 shooter Killzone 2 is slated for a February 2009 release in the UK.

Though Sony Computer Entertainment America told Shacknews it has yet to confirm a North American release date, such major PlayStation 3 releases have been marked by near-simultaneous releases in North America and Europe.

Earlier this year, SCEE tentatively dated Killzone 2 for a September 2008 release. At the time, SCEA and developer Guerrilla both claimed that they had yet to make any announcement regarding the game's release.

Publisher Gamecock has confirmed to Shacknews that Wideload Games' politically charged party game Hail to the Chimp (PS3, X360) has been delayed, aiming the title for a new June 24 release date.

Hail to the Chimp was originally slated for a release. A Gamecock representative said the delay was aimed at granting Wideload more time to "put the final touches" on the party game.

Radical Studios' open-world action title Prototype has been delayed to an unspecified 2009 release date, GameSpot reports.

The game was originally scheduled for release on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC this coming fall.

"Since its announcement, Prototype has been regarded by many as groundbreaking and taking the open-world genre in new directions, and in the simplest explanation possible, we need more time to deliver the game the team initially set out to create," said publisher Sierra Entertainment.

Publisher and localization house Atlus mysteriously delayed two of its upcoming titles today, with no reason provided for either postponement.

Once due out on May 20, Flight-Plan's stylus-driven action-RPG Summon Night: Twin Age (NDS) is expected on stores on June 3.

The release of Idea Factory's Xbox 360 strategy title Spectral Force 3, meanwhile, has slipped from May 27 to July 29.

The PlayStation 3's online social interaction software Home will not enter the open beta stage until this fall, Sony Computer Entertainment has announced. The free service had previously been delayed until this spring from its expected launch last fall.

In advance of this fall's open beta, the company will be expanding the breadth of the closed beta, which has been underway since last summer. Beta tester feedback is said to be playing a heavy role in the title's continual refinement.

"We have come to the conclusion that we need more time to refine the service to ensure a more focused gaming entertainment experience than what it is today," explained SCE president and CEO Kazuo Hirai.

"Spending more time on the development and on the Closed Beta testing reaffirms our commitment to bringing a quality service, maintaining the PlayStation tradition."

Update: Konami has revealed the new Metal Gear Online beta launch as April 25 at 11:00 PM PST.

Original Story: The North American public beta test of Kojima Productions' Metal Gear Solid Online (PS3) has been delayed to an unspecified date, publisher Konami announced today.

The company cited "extraordinary levels of traffic from all around the globe" as impetus for the delay of the Metal Gear Online beta, which was originally scheduled to go live today. Konami also noted that further information regarding the beta's new launch date would be announced Tuesday night.

In light of the delay, Konami has extended the beta's operation by five days, setting a new closure date of May 11 for the test.