Originally scheduled for an October 23rd date, the game was recently pushed back to October 30th. But after seeing a few retail outlets with newly updated October 23rd release dates we contacted our friendly SCEA representative. And it is indeed true, the game is shipping to some retailers early and will be available next week. We have also been told that the advertising campaign, which includes television commercials, will begin around the same time.

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