Guild Wars 2 In 2012

January 23, 2012 at 5:54 am | Posted in Guild Wars 2, mmorpg | 22 Comments
Tags: Guild Wars 2, MMO, mmorpg

The dragons cometh.

Bloggers bother me. We repeat nonsense, don’t use the critical part of our brain, speculate endlessly and generally make fools of ourselves.

So when I read other bloggers with no evidence of any sort suggesting Guild Wars 2 will be pushed back to 2013 on the basis of an imdb listing or what Gamestop has to say it’s pretty much facepalm city.

As I said back in December you don’t start beta testing a year out from release. 6 months tops. And I’m sticking to that.

The Arenanet blog states that 2012 is the year of the dragon.

This year, you’ll finally be able to immerse yourself in the vast, diverse world of Tyria.

And that’s not all.

Another closed beta event, likely similar to the event in December, seems likely to be announced soon. And of course they refer to it as “an upcoming beta event” suggesting many. Something tells me this will be similar in hype to the rift beta events.

Either way by the end of the year, or lets say june-ish, we’re all going to be adventuring in Tyria. The dragons won’t know what hit them.

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22 Comments

I could not agree more with what you said.

Comment by Astalnar— January 23, 2012 #
- I know right?!
  
  Comment by Hunter— January 23, 2012 #
I’m pretty excited about this news. I couldn’t help but smile widely. And the whole year of the dragon thing? Totally over the top in an awesome way.

Comment by Msenge— January 23, 2012 #
- It was a great little coincidence to acknowledge. Helps build the hype.
  
  Comment by Hunter— January 23, 2012 #
*snoopy happy dance*

damn… can’t stop smiling…

Comment by ArcherAvatar— January 23, 2012 #
- We all knew this was coming but for some reason it is pretty uplifting.
  
  Comment by Hunter— January 23, 2012 #
As the angels sung the gods said “Let them come, within this year”.:D
(hope its after april)

Comment by Endo— January 23, 2012 #
- Well if betas are in april, release could be as early as april/may/june, depends on how long the betas are and how much they take away from them.
  
  Comment by Hunter— January 23, 2012 #
I think it would be nice if ArenaNet let everyone that has left a GW2 related comment on this blog over the last year into the beta for a special “those that have patiently waited for release while discussing possible features in a friendly manner unlike some of the nonsense on the Guru forums” type of event.

Comment by Yarr— January 23, 2012 #
- You wish. I’m sure there will be a couple of ways to get invites via normal means though so i’ll try to keep everyone informed on the subject.
  
  Comment by Hunter— January 23, 2012 #
[...] Distilled Willpower isn’t exactly surprised and he lists other dragon-y things for this year. Hunter’s Insight is sticking with his “beta starts 6 months before a game’s release”. Let’s [...]

Pingback by Bookahneer sets sail for GW2′s release! « Nerdy bookahs and their travel guide— January 23, 2012 #
WOOT! Happy man am I!

Comment by Expiatus— January 23, 2012 #
- As are we all.
  
  Comment by Hunter— January 23, 2012 #
I read this before seeing the press release, and reading it the first time, missed the part where you linked to and quoted the release.

For a bit, I thought you were doing the same thing you accused other bloggers of, only in the opposite direction. Glad I decided not to comment!

Thanks for being an excellent GW2 source.

Comment by saucelah— January 23, 2012 #
- Well I did collectively call bloggers out, and I am a blogger and do most of those things. I just like to call attention to it and be aware of it, and inform people that bloggers have bias too.
  
  Comment by Hunter— January 23, 2012 #
  - Good on you for that as well.
    
    See you in Tyria!
    
    Comment by saucelah— January 23, 2012 #
We are all human, we hoped it was soon; and now its confirmed so we all feel happy about it. Jan’s virtually disappeared in a flash I’ll be installing GW2 before I know. I so look forward to seeing you all, and exploring a new magificant world.

Comment by Melski— January 24, 2012 #
- Time sure flies, but I think most people think it passes slower when they’re waiting for a game.
  
  Comment by Hunter— January 25, 2012 #
Great news! I do intend to avoid beta though, this time… but since I can resist anything except temptation, I’ll just to avoid going on my guild’s website, as I’m sure they’ll manage to snaffle some beta keys. Besides, after being attracted for a while to the dark side, I’m back vanquishing Elona…

Comment by roqoco— January 24, 2012 #
- I’m sure lots of places will be giving out beta keys. Careful where you tread.
  
  Comment by Hunter— January 25, 2012 #
Hunter,
Probably a rampant rumor but just in case: from Joystiq.

“Amazon.de has begun taking pre-orders for the game. Furthermore, the site claims a launch date of June 30th, 2012.”

http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/01/27/amazon-de-begins-guild-wars-2-preorders-claims-june-30th-launch/

Comment by Expiatus— January 28, 2012 #
- Thanks for the headsup but I take amazons pre-order dates as seriously as I do gamestops. Still it is a hopeful sign.
  
  Comment by Hunter— January 28, 2012 #