Those waiting for the Japanese release of Motorstorm will have to wait another week - the game's now shipping on December 14.

MotorStorm screenshot

With the PS3 being region free for games (so far), I'm sure a lot of PS3 owners have their eyes on the upcoming Japanese release of Motorstorm. You see, Sony has decided that online play isn't important for the game in Japan so is releasing the title over there sans online play. This means the game can be released in Japan several months before its Western debut.

The bad news is that the game has been delayed by a week and will now arrive on December 14, although that's still likely to be three months or more before the game makes it to Europe as a probable launch title.