In announcing "record" Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2007 Preliminary Results,
Activision, Inc. also reveals a delay to Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, saying
Splash Damage's eagerly anticipated multiplayer shooter is now expected in
Fiscal 2008. Word is: "The company believes that its fourth quarter results will
be significantly impacted by higher legal expenses relating primarily to its
internal review of historical stock option practices, including expenses
relating to the previously announced informal SEC inquiry and derivative
litigation, and its decision to move the release of Enemy Territory(TM): QUAKE
Wars into fiscal year 2008." ET: Quake Wars' official release date was
previously sometime in 2007 (
story), and Activision's fiscal 2008
runs from April 2007 through March 2008, so it is still possible for the game to
make its most recent announced release window while still suffering this delay
as far as the accountants are concerned.