"From what we know so far the gold master was on its was back from the duplication plant in London by special delivery for approval and sign off by Slitherine at its Epsom Head Office. At around 11:05 GMT the Royal Mail Postman was assaulted and his bags stolen."

"Obviously we're very upset about it and the delay this will cause to the release of Gates of Troy, but we are working hard to make up for the lost time this will cause and hope the fans can bear with us." said Philip Veale at Slitherine Software. "We're also concerned about the possibility of a pirated version hitting the streets now before we can get the original copies of Gates of Troy ready."