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Evolving delay: Take-Two chief explains why one of fall's most anticipated games is now a 2015 release

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Take-Two Interactive chairman Strauss Zelnick explained why the company just took away what was likely many gamers’ favorite holiday present this year.

Evolve, the most acclaimed game coming out of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) game trade show, has been delayed until February. And speaking on an analyst call today, Zelnick acknowledged the setback of delaying the game from Oct. 21 to Feb. 10. But he said he viewed it as a positive thing that will enable the game to live up to expectations.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.