GW2 realese date speculations

[Muan]

Originally Posted by Zeophite

For ANet to reveal a full gameplay trailer I would expect the later half of 2010. Take a look at any games coming out on console at the moment. You do not taunt the fanbase by showing them gameplay 2 years before the release of the game.

Dude, Final fantasy 13. That's all I have to say about that.

Anyway, I think they may be hoping for a Christmas release as GW2 would be a great game for younger audiences who can't finance their own subscriptions. It also gives Anet time to release all three of the novels and gives me time to save up for a new computer. But at this stage, I don't think even Anet know what month they'll be able to release GW2 in.

[Malchior Devenholm]

I personally hope for a Public Beta sometime during Q2 2010 with a release during Q4 2010.

But seeing as that gives Anet competition with Starcraft 2 and Cataclysm, It is probably more realistic for an April 28, 2011 release. As much as I would hate to see it

[Sabre Wolf]

Originally Posted by Konig Des Todes

April 28th 2011

To go with the Prophecies and Factions release dates

That pretty close to my date... I have April 22nd 2011 as my DoR. For about the same reason as yours... the 6th Birthday of GW.

[amitai]

i call for the end of the nearest summer vacation which is 3rd quarter of 2010
but it might be in the 2nd cause u know... it has been stated that gw2 was played by Emily

[Thalador Doomspeaker]

August-November 2010.

[Alatar]

q4 2010 or q1-2 of 2011

[Huginn]

somewere between... hmm...

the future - "when it's done"

jan - dec

[Zhaitan]

As soon as AION tanks officially, we will hear GW2 date. I think NCSoft is pressuring ANET to push the dates out. Then again, who cares as long as the game is nice to play.

[Omer21]

I'd say Q3-Q4 2010, or Q1-Q2 2011. We'll start getting gameplay info in about two/three months from now, and I guess beta would start ~August/September. Then a Hanukkah/Christmes release.

Actually, maybe even before it. like October.

[Throan Loremaker]

It won't be out when it's done - it will be out when it's done and so breathtaking that the character selection screen will send people to intensive care.

[Apocalyptic]

Originally Posted by Omer21

I'd say Q3-Q4 2010, or Q1-Q2 2011. We'll start getting gameplay info in about two/three months from now, and I guess beta would start ~August/September. Then a Hanukkah/Christmes release.

Actually, maybe even before it. like October.

Beta will not be in August/September if it is a Christmas Release.

I have a feeling that GW2 will be released Q4 2010. No way it is sooner than that. November release seems extremely realistic... esp if they already have a playable game at this point.

I expect beta weekends to start in June/July.

[Aljasha]

i find it reasonable to suspect gw2 to be released 6-12 months after the showcase of the first gameplay trailer (not debut trailer).

[Arson]

Originally Posted by katzwitguilds

Personally I think that it will come out some time in mid 2010 mabey if were lucky well see a beta by march or feburary

Thoughts?

I think we need to look at all these factors surrounding GW2

1) They already released information about the game, why tease your already waiting fan base with information if it's still two years away.

2) What else is going to be released at the time of GW2's release, is it going to conflict with a different in house release or is it going to have to fight for a place at the table with other games that are coming out at the same time.

3) When is the beta coming out, how are they going to handle the beta, how much time will the beta be in use before the game is released and how much feed back are they going to use based on the beta.

4) How much of the lore do they have set and are they going to wait until all of the novels are out before they release the game or are they going to use the novels to explain the story as they go along.

I think the key factors are the novels and the beta. We know the first novel comes out in March or pretty close to then. and we know game play and mechs are coming out at the start of next year so I think a 2010 Q3 or Q4 release is very possible.

One more thing, I don't think it's possible to have a complete MMO at release because MMOs are a work in progress. Even MMOs that been around for years are still getting patches, updates and content changes. Look at WoW and GW1, both are bascily the meat of the MMO world and are both always undergoing changes and getting certain aspects revamped. Hoping for a "prefect" and complete game at release is unrealistic.

[Var]

Originally Posted by Malchior Devenholm

I personally hope for a Public Beta sometime during Q2 2010 with a release during Q4 2010.

But seeing as that gives Anet competition with Starcraft 2 and Cataclysm, It is probably more realistic for an April 28, 2011 release. As much as I would hate to see it

Starcraft will be delayed until 2091, when Blizzard finally releases it with LAN capabilities...

Cataclysm is an expansion, and I don't know how healthy WoW is going to be by the time Cataclysm is released. Blizzard has lost any dignity they had and turned the game into a very obvious cash cow before it dies, which is likely going to speed up said death. After all, the only thing that can kill WoW is itself... and greed.

[Wu Zi Hao]

I would think that it would be released before the summer in 2010 that way all those kids would have a whole summer to enjoy it

2011 would make all these dosages of hype useless

[LordArticus]

Originally Posted by gregor lightbringer

december 21, 2012.

ahhhh noooo!!!! The day before we die!!!

[Muan]

Originally Posted by LordArticus

ahhhh noooo!!!! The day before we die!!!

Ahhhh! the skeleton-like monsters will be coming out of the west by then. No, wait, the world will flood. No wait, Roland Emmerich doesn't know anything about Meso-American civilization. OH GOD, IT'S NOTHING IN PARTICULAR KILLING EVERYBODY!!!!!!

[Snow Bunny]

November/October 2010

[Gigashadow]

Starcraft 2 scratches a different itch from an MMO. People will play both games, and SC2 won't kill GW2 any more than it will kill WoW.

If GW2 launches with a huge amount of content, and completely blows people away with how great it is starting from level 1, then I can't see people ditching it to go back to Cataclysm to do more of the same, running on the aging WoW engine. Other recent MMOs failed because they were just so unpolished and/or un-fun, so people just went back to what they were playing before (or quit the genre entirely). People will jump ship when something significantly superior is released, and I think GW2 will be that game.

[Kendil]

Originally Posted by Muan

Last news I heard suggested 2010-2011 as a possible release date. I'm just guessing the median. Also, don't forget, that trailer showed no combat and relatively few areas. It showed maybe one enemy monster (assuming the Nagas are unfriendly monsters). Programing enemy AI and balancing the gameplay elements might still take a long while. They also commented that changes are still being made to the map and that half of the world is underwater. They showed us one underwater scene and no underwater gameplay. The game is playable to some extent and pretty in certain areas. Some equipment has been designed. That's all we saw. A late summer beta would make sense for a Christmas release and a winter beta might make sense for an April 2011 release.

I totally agree. I've been thinking that they'll release it for christmas 2010. If they are not finished then, a really good guess would be 28th of April 2011. Your beta ideas makes sense.