Twisted Metal director David Jaffe revealed the game's new release date today. The vehicle combat game will debut on the PS3 on Valentine's Day - February 14th - in North America.

"It's a very romantic game," Jaffe said in a video address to fans. "I predict people will come home from their romantic dinners, and play the crap out of local split-screen."

PlayStation.Blog in Europe confirmed that the European launch of the game will occur around the same time.

"You may have seen the Twisted Metal announcement on @PlayStation. We can confirm TM is also coming to Europe next February, exact date TBC," tweeted PlayStation Blog EU.

Twisted Metal was originally scheduled to arrive this fall. Jaffe announced a delay to the game a couple weeks back.

"Thing is, you gotta trust me when I tell you that – with this extra time for tuning and polish – the game is going to be so much better than it already is," said Jaffe at the time.