Funcom has officially announced that the release date for The Secret World will be delayed by two weeks. TSW will hit store shelves on July 3rd with the head start program for those prepurchasing the game to begin on June 29th. The delay and new release dates were announced during a financial briefing with investors.

Funcom today announced that the company has made a small adjustment to the release date for The Secret World. Due to market reasons, the ship date has been moved by two weeks to July 3rd, with Early Access starting June 29th. The new launch date places The Secret World in a more positive launch window which will benefit the launch of the game.

In addition to the above, the beta weekends have been dated:

• June 15-17
• June 22-24

Read the full announcement on the Funcom The Secret World site.

hmm, preorder-- check.

birthday july 1st.

the entire week of the 4th off and not going anywhere.  great birthday present for me at least. 

Apparently they need 280k subs to stop loosing money and wish they get 500k. They need this time to market the game.

Bit sloppy work on their part, as they spammed people just yesterday about the next beta weekend being June 1st till June 3rd!

And now a day later they pospone release date by two weeks and cancel the June 1-3 beta weekend!

/shrug

Originally posted by JeroKane

Bit sloppy work on their part, as they spammed people just yesterday about the next beta weekend being June 1st till June 3rd!

And now a day later they pospone release date by two weeks and cancel the June 1-3 beta weekend!

/shrug

I'm going to put a tin foil hat but I think there is a high propability of gW2's beta weekend beeing 1-3rd June. I doubt they want to compete with that when it's quite obvious those betas are a marketing tool to create interest.

Originally posted by QSatu

Originally posted by JeroKane

Bit sloppy work on their part, as they spammed people just yesterday about the next beta weekend being June 1st till June 3rd!

And now a day later they pospone release date by two weeks and cancel the June 1-3 beta weekend!

/shrug

I'm going to put a tin foil hat but I think there is a high propability of gW2's beta weekend beeing 1-3rd June. I doubt they want to compete with that when it's quite obvious those betas are a marketing tool to create interest.

Agreed, though I think its debatable how much the market between the two games overlap.

Had they said that they were postponing it because they are polishing the game after getting player feedback from the betas, I would have stood up and applauded...but wth is a positive launch window, what are they talking about?

Originally posted by marz.at.play

Had they said that they were postponing it because they are polishing the game after getting player feedback from the betas, I would have stood up and applauded...but wth is a positive launch window, what are they talking about?

It's a PR spin, because how can you possibly say that moving the release date straight into the beginning of the Major Holiday season is a positive launch window??  Boggles my mind!

Especially for people that pre-ordered (like me) this just sucks, as stores usually only keep your box in reservation for a week or so, before selling it on! /facepalm

Originally posted by Finit

Originally posted by QSatu

Originally posted by JeroKane

Bit sloppy work on their part, as they spammed people just yesterday about the next beta weekend being June 1st till June 3rd!

And now a day later they pospone release date by two weeks and cancel the June 1-3 beta weekend!

/shrug

I'm going to put a tin foil hat but I think there is a high propability of gW2's beta weekend beeing 1-3rd June. I doubt they want to compete with that when it's quite obvious those betas are a marketing tool to create interest.

Agreed, though I think its debatable how much the market between the two games overlap.

 

You know what is hilarious and just shows Funcom's incompetence again:

http://www.geforce.com/games-applications/pc-games/the-secret-world/deals-promotions

Gamers gamers, people, stuff like this happens, gamers whine when a game is unhfinished, and then cry when its released 2 weeks later,  I mean make up your mind, do you want a unfinshed game so youc an complain about that??   Stuff like this happens, I know when I'm making a game, something happens out of the blue and I need to delay, the issue was NOT there the day before, so TSW devs might have caught something , causing this and my guess is it happen, which is something that is game breaking so, I'm glad thus post pone it because if they didn't the game could of been a complete failure at launch because of them NOT delaying for 2 weeks.. So for you gamers to cry about this boggles my mind...

My advice go make a simple game and just maybe you will understand a bit more... /roll eyes.

I really wish the cynicism on these forums would stop...or at least slow down on the hate train. 

There's like 7 threads on this now. Why?

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Originally posted by marz.at.play
Had they said that they were postponing it because they are polishing the game after getting player feedback from the betas, I would have stood up and applauded...but wth is a positive launch window, what are they talking about?

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They surely did not lol.
http://l3cdn.funcom.com/funcomportal/pdf/investor/2012/funcom_1Q12_presentation.pdf

Like 2 weeks is going to help them ? Yeah ok....

The life of an independent. They aint sold out yet. Still gamers making games for gamers. Despite the struggle you have to respect the path.

If TSW is a hit, they still have the chance of being the Blizzard, the NCsoft, the EA. The chance. Nothing like a few hundred million per year to get the ball rolling. 

Funcom truly is a small independent swimming in an ocean of  Activision-Blizzards, NCsofts, and EA sharks.

here's to the little guy. Go gettem!

KNEW this was going to happen as I played the beta and lots of things were broken. When I reported the items I got no feedback or anything else so I stopped playing altogether. This game is an excercise in frustration and while it sounds cool it falls REALLY short. I am sorry that people pre-ordered this as it's my prediction it'll go F2P in six months.

It's another sell-the-customer-a-beta-version-and-hope-for-the-best plan.  December would be the actual finished product date most likely, so be aware purchasers you will be in beta for six more months at least.

Nothing wrong with a 2weeks push back. Just hope the game is still the same game since most games today are nothing at launch like what was beta tested. I am betting GW2 isn't anything like it was a launch if we even see that launch this year.