The folks at The Chronicles of Spellborn have posted a game update which details their plans for the game in the near and far future. The plans include a new content patch which adds new enemies and instances, as well as a much needed tutorial. Mid range plans for the game include the addition of the marketplace and PvP opportunities.

With regards to short term planning, a new content patch is going to be rolled out soon (we expect it for end of January), which, among many quests and bug fixes, will also introduce new unique outdoor monsters (called Menaces, from which you might already know the cuddly “Tiny Tyke”). In the coming week, we’ll reveal some of these new Menaces on our website.

But the biggest chunk of this patch is undoubtedly the upcoming “Tutorial”. After reading the various comments from the community, and also from the various press reviews about Spellborn, we decided it was needed to implement a tutorial explaining basic movements, camera control, NPC interactions and combat controls in a dedicated area of the game, before players set foot on Hawksmouth Square. With this new system, we aim to provide all the tools to newcomers to have a great first-time experience which will motivate them and allow them to play the game further with greater enjoyment.

Also, we will invite you, the players, to experience the new instance in the Deadspell Storm called Exarchyon. This massive dungeon will take the players inside the raftyard-based headquarters of the Brotherhood of the Glaive, a hostile faction where many encounters and challenges await. The instance is aimed at players of Fame Level 20 to 25.

Read more here.

To sum up what I was looking for: still no US release date even mentioned despite talk of short/mid/long range plans for 2009.

Yes I too am waiting for a NA release as my IP is banned and I don't trust proxxy servers to be too secure.

This is really painfull... i've been waiting for this game since they announced working on it and even played the euro version till level 7 (shhhh don't tell anyone). But i'm not going to subscribe to a game that technically i'm not supposed to be... I WANT TO PLAY IT!!!!!! :( they should have at least said SOMETHING about the NA release.... anything even a  "Never gonna happen" would have been at least somethign to ease the pain.

Seriously, Spellborn NV? No NA release talk? I'm convinced you don't really care about the NA market. Why you ask? Because  any self-respecting studio wanting to make a splash in the NA MMO market would be throwing a fit because of Acclaim's lack of marketing and communication with would-be fans/players. It seems to me TCoS will be one of those cases of "if a tree falls in a forest, but there's no one to hear, does it make a noise?"

Peace.

Originally posted by toord

Seriously, Spellborn NV? No NA release talk? I'm convinced you don't really care about the NA market. Why you ask? Because  any self-respecting studio wanting to make a splash in the NA MMO market would be throwing a fit because of Acclaim's lack of marketing and communication with would-be fans/players. It seems to me TCoS will be one of those cases of "if a tree falls in a forest, but there's no one to hear, does it make a noise?"

Peace.

That, or they already knew how Acclaim is with MMOs, but they just don't care, cause they knw people will buy it anyways when it does eventually come out. :P

Originally posted by Cursedsei

Originally posted by toord

Seriously, Spellborn NV? No NA release talk? I'm convinced you don't really care about the NA market. Why you ask? Because  any self-respecting studio wanting to make a splash in the NA MMO market would be throwing a fit because of Acclaim's lack of marketing and communication with would-be fans/players. It seems to me TCoS will be one of those cases of "if a tree falls in a forest, but there's no one to hear, does it make a noise?"

Peace.

 

That, or they already knew how Acclaim is with MMOs, but they just don't care, cause they knw people will buy it anyways when it does eventually come out. :P

"People" might try the game once it's eventually out. Perhaps Acclaim wants to charge for the game upfront? Or perhaps they want a higher subscription fee? What's really annoying is the virtual silence from both Acclaim and Spellborn NV wrt NA release.

Peace.

I was so hoping for the news that they were ditching Acclaim Games as publisher and actually going with a publisher who knew what they were doing. Oh well....

Spellborn devs:

Hi! We're not going to tell you jack squat about anything that's really important, like if you'll ever be able to play our game. But we will tell you that we're going to put in a marketplace! yes, that's right! You will now have a marketplace to buy and sell just like every other game out there, only it's so special that we consider it a feature!! Keep your pocketbooks ready! We'll get to you someday!!

Fanbois: Yay me!!!

People with common sense:

Next.

This is a crappy update.  When does NA get to play?

I think something must be wrong over there.  The game must suck or something, because they don't appear to be very excited about their own game.

Oh, and Happy New Year :)

Originally posted by hidden1

Yes I too am waiting for a NA release as my IP is banned and I don't trust proxxy servers to be too secure.

Good idea...first time I tried I received a antivirus360 trojan..took forever to get rid of the freakin thing. ..but ...I did it through gingerproxy..b/c I heard it was safer...got everythng set up...but the Acclaim count just said pending...so I think they caught on to the proxy thing. So now I wait patiently.

Originally posted by BarCrow

Originally posted by hidden1

Yes I too am waiting for a NA release as my IP is banned and I don't trust proxxy servers to be too secure.

 

Good idea...first time I tried I received a antivirus360 trojan..took forever to get rid of the freakin thing. ..but ...I did it through gingerproxy..b/c I heard it was safer...got everythng set up...but the Acclaim count just said pending...so I think they caught on to the proxy thing. So now I wait patiently.

If I'm correct, you can't go through acclaim, their accounts for this game will be US only, you'd have to register through another site.

WHEN DO WE GET TO PLAY IN NORTH AMERICA?????? enough silence already.

This is a load of crap to tell me about a game I should be playing already. Completely unimportant information to me. I want to play yesterday. I want to see beyond lvl 7.8. I remember once upon a time reading that release for NA was today. The game is up and stable. Why is this taking so bloody long?

Originally posted by Cursedsei

Originally posted by BarCrow

Originally posted by hidden1

Yes I too am waiting for a NA release as my IP is banned and I don't trust proxxy servers to be too secure.

 

Good idea...first time I tried I received a antivirus360 trojan..took forever to get rid of the freakin thing. ..but ...I did it through gingerproxy..b/c I heard it was safer...got everythng set up...but the Acclaim count just said pending...so I think they caught on to the proxy thing. So now I wait patiently.

 

If I'm correct, you can't go through acclaim, their accounts for this game will be US only, you'd have to register through another site.

I registered to Spellborn and downloaded client  through a UK site..I think it listed frogster as publisher..then when I verified email...it re-directs to the publisher for my region..Acclaim. 

That's all good and stuff.... but I can't enjoy any of it if I can't play it. Come now, update at least on what the status is for the rest of us US players who have been patiently waiting.

I can see it already. Acclaim is going to treat US customers like GoA of Mythic treats our European counterparts. Thanks, but no thanks.

I re-read thru the new "update" and obviously a North American release is not a part of their 2009 plans

I'm pretty sure the update was for the players in EU (those of EU that can play, that is) and I wouldn't think that the US release is much of relevance for the EU community. Could be an explanation for the lack of such info.. idunno.

Even mmorpg.com states it's for the "Players" and the source is linked to the EU forums.

not starting off with very good customer service.

No NA release dates and IP bans lol just imagine if you encoutner a problem / issue .

I dont think ill be touching this one.

Im in the United Kingdom (Europe) but can't play thanks to acclaim picking it up... Acclaim release is down to acclaim so moan at them. Personaly was looking forward to this game but will not play it as its Acclaim and well acclaim have a history of pushing games out with the goal to make money devolopement/customer experience is always at the bottom of their list.