The folks at the Chronicles of Spellborn have posted a dev blog introducing players to the new tutorial which was recently added to the game.

Perhaps the biggest challenge we have to overcome as developers is that of assumptions. People assume they will play Spellborn in a way similar to how they played through their previous romp.

Back in 2007, The Chronicles of Spellborn was in Closed Beta phase and was a much harder game to play. The bears in Hawksmouth had an appetite for new recruits and managing to kill one of these furry creatures was the stuff of legends. Although it was demanding, it did show people that Spellborn was very unlike ’Click & Forget’ MMOs where you are mostly clicking icons, then moving to the next target and then clicking icons again. I know that is a gross generalization but playing Spellborn like a ‘traditional’ MMO will for the most get you killed. That did serve a purpose though: it taught people, in the harshest way possible, how to play. It taught them the need to dodge. It taught them they needed to move while fighting. Yet the bears’ difficulty also scared people off as the game quickly became a death-by-bear simulation.

Read the introduction to The Chronicles of Spellborn's New Tutorial

Still wish us here in North America could get the chance to try out TCoS.

Past experience from Acclaim means probably not till late spring or summer at best.  Shame too, looks like it could be a decent game.  Of course, hopefully most of the bugs will be out of it by then.   Of course the game could be dead by then too.

I love the game and the combat system is excellent and unique.

every time there's a news update about this game i just get dissapointed that nothing is said  about the NA release

Acclaim's mods have hinted that the game is currently being tested internally on their servers, suggesting that a beta will be skipped and the game will be released after that.  Since the game is already released elsewhere and in good working, 99% bug-free, condition I have to imagine that Acclaim can't stretch out this silence much longer.  I would think that by the end of February we will know something.  I've played the game, it's amazing.  Don't give up on it before you get the chance to try it; it's worth the wait.