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GW2 won't be in closed beta until 2012!

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  • gaitz86gaitz86 Member Posts: 2

    Basically the original post is based on extremely sloppy translation.

    btw I have lived 12 years in Korea and the States,

    I have recieved high levels of education in both countries and

    recently worked for 2 years in the military in a translation/interpretation

    occupation so I am pretty confident in my translation skills

  • HekketHekket Member Posts: 905

    Originally posted by gaitz86

    I'm Korean and I've been following up on the Korean news on the subject.

    According to Jaeho Lee, the CFO of NC Soft, he mentioned during a conference call on Nov 4, 2010 regarding

    earning release of the 4th period that the official release dates of both Blade & Soul and Guild Wars 2 are

    not yet decided. He did mention that development is going as planned and that both games appear to be

    finished and to begin service at approximately the same time. He stated that this will not be a problem

    because this is a global project so B&S will launch in Korea and Asia first, and then will be available to the US and EU while

    Guild Wars 2 will be launched in the other way around.

     

    Both games will be showcased in the Pusan G-Star Show, the largest Korean game convention.

    The show will start on Nov 18, 2010 and end on Nov 21. They will decide on beta testing

    by analyzing the feedback they get on the showcase.

     

    NC Soft is coming off it's 5 year game release cycle onto a 3 year cycle in order to gain growth momentum

    and keep up with the reduced profit they has been seeing recently. They did not do well over the last fiscal period.

    If they do change to a 3 year cycle, B&S is expected to start CBT in January 2011 at the latest.

     

    The last article does mention GW2 anticipated to begin service in 2012 but that would be the official release.

    http://news.gamechosun.co.kr/article/view.php?no=70900

    http://www.mt.co.kr/view/mtview.php?type=1&no=2010110508300122011&outlink=1

    http://www.dt.co.kr/contents.html?article_no=2010110502011231747002

    All the articles are in Korean in case any of you Korean speakers/readers are interested.

     

    Conclusions

    - B&S and GW2 will come out pretty close together, probably just a couple months apart at most.

    - If they are planning to construct a timeline according to a showcase they will do in a few days,

    they probably are almost done with initial development of both games.

    - GW2 wasn't such a big hit in Korea so naturally service will start in the US and EU first.

    - After the showcase and considering the time to put in a few minor adjustments, B&S will probably start CBT

    around Christmas, and GW2 will follow closely, probably February or March next year or even sooner. 

    - There is no feasible reason to believe GW2 will start CBT in 2012

     

    My personal opinion is that NC Soft needs a jump start so it will not delay the CBT of either of the games.

    They probably would start CBT sooner and maybe go through more beta testing than

    try to complete it as much as possible before opening it up to the public because

    they don't have much room to wait. If they want momentum they will try to release both games ASAP

     

    Thank you for this. This pretty much confirms that everyones guess at a late spring early summer release was very accurate and gives us a good idea when to expect the game.

    Thanks again.

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