When will GW2 come out?!

[Moress]

I just prepurchased it. When is this awesome game going to come out so I can playz it?!

[Quiet]

From a Fry's Electronics store in TX.

[Moress]

From a Fry's Electronics store in TX.

Yeah, I heard/saw that too, but thats five days from now and an official release date hasn't been announced, which leads me to believe that can't be the real release date.

[CBlacksheep]

I wish I had the cash for a new computer. What will the changes be from GW?

[redcliff]

Well, theres a stress test this Wednesday if you pre-purchased and registerred you can download the beta client and you can play for 4 hours. I played most of the last Beta weekend and enjoyed it a lot, but I was playing with old friends that I've played mmo's with since EQ is 1999. It's always nice to play with friends using a voice server that are good players, no matter what game you're playing imho.

Personally I don't think GW2 will go live till September, possibly October, but I hope its before then.

Since I havent played much GW1, and only one weekend of GW2, you might want to check some fan sites to see the differences.

[Moress]

Where'd you hear that theres a stress test Wednesday? I didn't get any emails :/

[Merc1138]

Where'd you hear that theres a stress test Wednesday? I didn't get any emails :/

It's on the website

http://www.arena.net/blog/help-us-stress-our-servers-on-june-27

Although it's a little odd that they'd schedule a beta stress test the day before launch... not exactly much time to fix anything if something goes wrong. Plus they still haven't officially announced a day(that Fry's poster was from a month ago) for a game that's due out this Thursday... seems a little odd.

[redcliff]

It ain't going live on the 28th, or those of us that pre-purchased would already have early access. Fry's poster is wrong.

Anet developers have already alluded to at least one more beta weekend which will probably be in July, and I wouldnt be surprised to see one in August also.

Comic Con is mid July so I would hope for some more information about release then.

[Apec]

Had a lot of speculation going on in the Guildwars2guru forums. I'll probably delay my guess until I've seen BWE3.

[Deadbolt]

a few bros and I have been stoked to watch the development of this game. Should be enjoyable

[Apec]

http://www.guildwars2forum.com/threads/4812-Over-1-GB-Of-New-Media-Assets-Unseen-Concept-Art-Dev-Photos-amp-Gameplay-Screens

For anyone who's interested, I just learned on guru that NCsoft released a 1.18GB asset kit. As the link says, it's full of screens and concept art. Might give some of you something to peruse in between BWE/stress test downtimes. Some haven't been seen before, others are previously released images in all their high res glory.

On a side note, some people are working on a beta GW2 .dat file reader. Some have been using it to take a look at ingame models and textures so far with the current beta client.

[smird]

Another rumor has it set around Thanksgiving....I have a preorder too.

I got a 7 day trial of Tera.. it's pretty good. Can't decide to by it or not. Knowing the release date of GW2 sure would help with the decision.

[mreed]

man i have soooo many months total played on GW 1..... life is gonna end when this comes out LOL

[smird]

Official Tuesday, August 28th.




ANet said:

Earlier this year I told you that 2012 would be the Year of the Dragon, and that the next few betas would help us nail down our actual launch date. Well, after the results of our latest stress test, I’m happy to announce that we’re ready to nail down that date.

Guild Wars 2 will officially launch on Tuesday, August 28th.

This is an incredibly momentous day for the studio and for me personally. This journey began in 2007 when we first announced that we were beginning work on Guild Wars 2 and that you wouldn’t be hearing from us for a while. Then in 2010 we unveiled our manifesto for Guild Wars 2: a living breathing online world that challenges convention, that’s designed for fun instead of grind, and that brings social interaction to a new level in an online world.

Through all the long hours and hard decisions, we were bolstered by the knowledge that we were not in this alone. All along you’ve been there for us, cheering us on, supporting us when we needed it, testing early versions of the game, and above all, giving us your honest feedback every step of the way. Guild Wars 2 is a better game for all of the work that our community has put in.

Now that we’re just two months away from launch, we’ll spend our remaining time optimizing, polishing, and balancing the game, to ensure that we provide you with the best launch-day experience we possibly can.

To this end, I’m excited to announce that our next and final Beta Weekend Event is planned for July 20-22.

These are exciting times; we’re on the cusp of a new era in online roleplaying games, and we’re glad you’re on this journey with us.

We’ll see you in-game.

[redcliff]

Good news! While still a ways off its earlier than many thought it would be.