IM going to go with mid june- mid july. open beta will come shortly after the 10th of april and then julyish release? what do you all think?

I think mid April beta weekends, late April early access, launch by first week of June.

Or maybe I'm just hoping it will be that soon.

It could be any time this year but i highly doubt it will be until after summer.

My best guess is sometime in July, it only seems logical based on when the pre-purchase date is, BETA will probably follow a few weeks after, with a bit of time in between BETA events than a bit of time between the end of BETAs and release.

I'm betting early June release.  If not then, September would be best bet.  For some reason, I don't see a midsummer release.

Initially I was thinking December of this year, but now with the preorder details up starting to think June/July.

Would go with August, but that is generally the death month for game releases and I don't think they'll (read: hope they won't) string us out as long as September.

Originally posted by evolver1972

I'm betting early June release.  If not then, September would be best bet.  For some reason, I don't see a midsummer release.

Agreed, even if I hope late may.

Releasing a game in the middle of summer isn't a great idea, most people actually have a life that period.

Just after Gamescon late august/early september is not unlikely but i think it depends on the beta. If everyone thinks it is ready to release we should see it in may.

"When it's ready" is my guess, and i think i'm right!

Week 28 of 2012, kbai.

SWTOR, you could buy it in JULY and game did not release until December. Use that as a guideline. Not finite, but at least a guide. 

Originally posted by alancode

SWTOR, you could buy it in JULY and game did not release until December. Use that as a guideline. Not finite, but at least a guide. 

This is true, BUT SWTOR wasn't doing beta weekends at the same time, so this might be a quite accelerated release schedule.

man they just need to hurry n tell us wen the game comes out.im not gonna sit here n b guessing i got better things to do.i have a life

Originally posted by alancode

SWTOR, you could buy it in JULY and game did not release until December. Use that as a guideline. Not finite, but at least a guide. 

The difference, though, is that SWTOR still wasn't ready even then. ANet is being a stickler about making sure things are ready for release, so if they're getting to this point they must really be feeling confident that they're about ready.

Originally posted by Volkon

Originally posted by alancode

SWTOR, you could buy it in JULY and game did not release until December. Use that as a guideline. Not finite, but at least a guide. 

The difference, though, is that SWTOR still wasn't ready even then. ANet is being a stickler about making sure things are ready for release, so if they're getting to this point they must really be feeling confident that they're about ready.

You'd think that, but you do realize every gaming company out there says "when its ready" right? I mean and MMORPG is a huge undertaking and no matter what to get over 1 million subs or 2 million sales is hard to do for any company. We may get the same bullshit we got with TOR and RIFT. They say its ready, 2 million people starting to play..and shit starts to break you never know. 

June-July most likely barring any major setbacks.

I think late May.  Could be as early as late April (though very doubtful considering the preorder gives you access to beta weekends - plural being the key here) or as late as September.  Best bet is Late May - Late June.  I doubt they would postpone a release past September seeing as how there will be a closed "public" beta starting later this month that probably means they are 2-4 months from a release.

I'm sticking with my May 18th prediction I made several months ago.  They will probably have 2 beta events for the 1 million who applied during the available window a couple weeks ago.  Then they will broaden the beta events to everyone who preorders, which will be a pretty drastic increase in preparation for launch.  Then release a little over a month later :)

I expect it will be June.

september.

Originally posted by alancode

Originally posted by Volkon

Originally posted by alancode

SWTOR, you could buy it in JULY and game did not release until December. Use that as a guideline. Not finite, but at least a guide. 

The difference, though, is that SWTOR still wasn't ready even then. ANet is being a stickler about making sure things are ready for release, so if they're getting to this point they must really be feeling confident that they're about ready.

You'd think that, but you do realize every gaming company out there says "when its ready" right? I mean and MMORPG is a huge undertaking and no matter what to get over 1 million subs or 2 million sales is hard to do for any company. We may get the same bullshit we got with TOR and RIFT. They say its ready, 2 million people starting to play..and shit starts to break you never know. 

No they don't. The vast majority set a target date then squeeze what they can in by that date. Anet has a history now of never promising anything that's not already in game and working, so when they say it's ready you can have a much greater confidence than you would with other companies that it's actually ready.