Japanese publishers cancel, delay games after quake

I just hope their families are alright. I could care less about the games.

I pray to GOD that he helps Japan in its crisis and I wish a quick recovery of that beautiful nation and its great people.

Japanese people are very honorable because even in a time like this you dont see any riots or luting, most likely if this was any other country, rioting and luting are the first things to expect Just hang on Japan

Just read that reactor 4 had an explotion and a fire. Things are slowly inchin towards another chernobyl. Im not the religius type. But if there was ever a time to use "god help them" this is it. And a radioactiv cloud will hit the city in about 10 houers. =( So i understand that thay cansel/delay thos games. There is more important things to do like help peopel in Japan. I mean a whole city with 10.000 peopel in it are just gone.

I pray thet there will be no meltdown... I live in Russia, and I know what "Chernobil" really is... Its a wasteland even now, no one can live there and no one ever will...

@mosamania Nah they are just all the Islam states seeing that they don't like being ruled by dictators. Japan was just a case of bad luck. You build your house out of wood to be earthquake proof but it means if water ploughs through it - it hasn't a chance.

The world will never be the same this much i guarentee... Egypt, Tunis, Libya and now japan...... the world will change to what no body knows a grim future is upon us let us all pray to God that the future will be a better one and hope things dont get worse before they get better....

I knew the delays and cancellations would happen sooner or later, I thought there would be more cancellations though, seeing some of the footage makes you think that everything in Japan is wiped out. Thankfully that's not the case. This whole situation is horrible, there are high levels of radiation already, and if one of those nuclear reactors has a meltdown it would be a worse disaster than Chernobyl. The only thing we can do now is pray that Japan dosen't turn into a wasteland from the worst nuclear disaster in our time.

Im very sad.japan is my favorite country and their games are the best.if something happen to kojima,mikami,kamiya.i cant even think about it.i hope the best for all that died and remained.

My heart goes out to the victims.

Japan and the world's economy is gonna be severely effected by the tsunami and earthquakes last week. too many people died, too many homes destroyed. hearts and prayers go out to the Japanese, land of the Rising Sun will rise again.

I was shocked when I've heard about this disaster... Just think about it - thousands of people died, much more lost all their posessions and houses... Just don't give up, people! We are with you! You are strong people, and I believe that you'll rise up, just as you did after WW II. And some day we all will be enjoing your awesome games, anime and manga again!

damn its horrid what is happening their across the ocean from me (Vancouver Canada) I guess I should be more thankful for what I have and not complain about stuff I do not have. My prayers go out to anyone affected by this.

There doing the right thing. Theres somethings that are more inportant than gaming and this is one of them! Hopefully Japan can rebuild quickly!

Whats happening over there just now is horrible. They are a strong people who will pull through soon

My heart goes out to everyone in Japan; I can't imagine what they're going through. =(

this is a time not only for gamers to show solidarity but the human race as a whole. my prayers are with the Japanese. May they recover steadily from what was nothing short of an epic tragedy. Ganbatte :)

Prayers for Japan. Publishers goes offline due to Nuclear power plant disaster. Causing disruption problem. Many homes are without electricity and it is still winter there. I personally don't mind and happy system goes offline if it means to distribute power to where its mostly demanded for rescue operations. Japan will always come out stronger, they have many times and they will again. In the meantime you have the sympathy of all gamers. Happy gaming :)

I'm glad to see that with the odd inevitable exception, the comments here have been sensible and conveying everyone's sympathy for what has befallen Japan, to which I add my own in the strongest possible terms. I fear that when it comes to the online shutdowns it'll be some time before everything is sorted out, given the very serious disruption to the country's power grid- and let's be honest, getting FFXIV servers back up will be pretty low on their list of priorities. On another note, the cancellations of games featuring earthquake-related content is interesting. I won't criticise those decisions, but I wonder if other media such as films or novels would follow suit, or if this is still the games industry regarding itself as somehow creatively inferior. Someday, the stories of this disaster will be told in film and in print, and this once again opens up the question of whether interactivity automatically puts the subject out-of-bounds.

@Chargrilled I believe it doesn't really matter if it was 8.9 or a full 9, either way it's a tragedy that should affect us all independedly of living there or not and if you still have the guts to actually mock them in this time of need, you sir are a self-centered heartless fiend with no love for others, I hope you never have to go through what they are going through right now

truly an unfortunate situation that befell japan, I say this as a person and not a gamer, get well japan we're all here for you!

Wish you all the best Japan espacially to those that lost they're famylies and homes.

am very disappointed with so commets that deserve so many thumb downs i thought this was the one time we will all be united after all we get so many wonderful games from Japan so why not pretend we care more about them than thier games just this once during thier hour of need Please people lets help Japan

@Chargrilled FUUUUU ------------------ Pray that Japan will pull through this disaster.

Instead of spending that money on one of those delayed or cancelled games, why not send it to Japan?? Them that way all the heartless basterds might get their goddamn GAME sooner.

Take your time Japan, take your time we understand and we feeling you

Take as much time you need Japan, we'll all wait for your great recovery in this time of tragedy.

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When I clicked on the link to this story and I saw the thumbnail I thought It was Oblivion.

Disaster Report actually sounds like a fun premise, I am sad to see it canceled.

So I keep checking the posts for this story. I was pretty upset when i saw a few heartless individuals commenting here. I have to say though, having given it a few hours and checked again, it looks like 95% of us gamers are good people who care for others in this terrible situation. That small 5% is being pushed out by the rest of us. As much as we all love to have our fanboy wars in here it is good to see honest statements of love, understanding, and hope going out to those affected by this natural devastation in Japan. Absolutely no country should ever have to deal with something of this magnitude. I know the world will pitch in and get things taken care of as quickly as we can. Being an American, I know the people in my country are at their best when disaster strikes. The money will come pouring in as it always does from the general population and hopefully our government wont be stupid about it and they will give generously as well. I have a feeling that along with the money there will be a huge number of volunteers ready to head over and help with any work that needs to be done as soon as Japan is able to get people in. Keep up the possitive comments and don't let the heartless ones get to you. We are all with the Japanese in this terrible time.

@Chargrilled Wow, straight up heartless human being aren't you?

@Chargrilled Who cares what it landed on the scale, it's killed thousands of people in one of the worst recessions seen. Wise up.

japan want it recognised as being a magnitude 9.0, noone else agrees and its largely recognised as 8.9. as for game delays. predictable. as for final fantasy online games. thats what you get for having all your servers in one country. learn and have them spread globally. helps with pings for one thing. i suspect this is going to delay more stuff aswell.

Wait Cancelling ? Seriously? I know yes, its a disaster out there but you could've delayed it not Cancelling it..

I pray for all the families and friends that were affected by this tragic moment. I hope everything will be okay. All developers should shut down their company temporary until everything is resolved in Japan. We don't leave people behind, they always come first in my mind. Video games can be replaced. A lost life can't. Do whatever it takes to rescue those who are affected.

They are doing the right thing.

actually the quake measured 9

We gamers can wait, but the people who lost their homes and families can't wait too long, this is a wise move.

So, people are in serious trouble and there are actually still people complaining that some MMO's are going down? Honestly? do you people have no hearts? if anything you should be taking out your subscription money and donating it to the Earthquake Relief, as well as the 3DS, do some people actually care more about a console clearly marketed at children than the lives of everyone who created them? Pathetic, get your priorities right. My prayers go out to the Japanese, as well as the people who have shown utter disregard and ignorance to the situation in Japan, because they are clearly in as much mental turmoil as the people in Japan are in physically.

damn stop making Monsterous jokes and whining about 3ds, i saw images where are childrens dead and other childrens under radiation, imagine if this happened in usa or any other country who uses nuclear station, still they have evacuated many ppl before tsunami that's good at least.

even though best stuff like anime and good games come from japan, but who cares people come first. we need help save lives and restore the condition. also to people getting offended by some inbred/degenerate idiots. there is a report button Use It!!

@psychic1 wtf man you really don't realize the tragedy don't you??, japan is the 3rd economy in the world and one of the most beautiful countries with a culture that you will probably never understand.......my respects to the ones that are trying to save people and work in that nuclear plant (they are heroes)..........about the games, who would think about games when they have 10 000 people missing, ten thousand souls.....God help them all , and God help us all......pray that Japan will rise to it's former self as fast as they can because it is one of the most evolved countries

to the people bleeting on bout games, Japan has much much much bigger things to worry about than pleasing you lot.Theres enough games on the market to play right now. First things first Japan needs to get back on its feet in about every sense, especially right now as were facign a meltdown which could cripple the country even more. tbh my heart goes out to everyone in japan already donated a tenner to the tsunami appeal at work.

There are far more important things going on in the lives of the Japanese right now so this sounds like a wise move.

@psychic1 Have some respect, people are dying and we don't need pple making stupid jokes at a time like this. Would you like it if it happened in you country? Don't post insensitive things that will hurt people that are from Japan who are going though a tough time.