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It was just last week that Sony's official PlayStation.Blog brought word that development on Lair had wrapped, noting that production was in full swing and that the PlayStation 3 exclusive would grace North American retailers on August 14th.

Such is no longer the case. Associate Producer Ryan Hamlyn just posted another update on the blog, confirming that "an extra step in QA testing to enhance the community features" has forced SCEA to push back the Factor 5-developed release until September 4th.

"Natural challenges that arose while finalizing the offline game to include key online features - such as leaderboards and medal systems - have led to the difficult choice of pushing back the release date," said Hamlyn. "We appreciate everyone's excitement and patience for the game and look forward to its release on September 4."

The delay may put Lair into direct competition with Sony's own Heavenly Sword, which, according to online retailer GameStop, is currently slated to ship on the same date.

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Sounds like their putting the finishing touches by allowing offline games some of the same features that online would have. I think this is good and it will be worth the wait.

shoot i pre-ordered this now i wont have time to play it

I think this will be a growing trend amongst most newer games. These are the games that will probably sell millions and companies are very afraid that they don't send them out lacking something.

i agree with you gft. But I also think that part of the reason is the enormous cost of making a PS3 game. They have to make it sell millions so it can't lack anything or else they end up losing too much money.

i personally will be purchasing lair once I get my PS3.

Yeah your right, with almost all the main games from this gen, they seem to want to drag out when to release it til the last minute.. I mean, we saw screens of the likes of Mario Galaxy a year ago, so that's a year of extra things added to the game to make it work. I think in the long run delaying is better, but for the short term, no-ones happy