TCoS: Belated US Release News

I've been slightly (*cough*) sidetracked by AOC so I haven't been keeping up with TCoS, but, looks like the EU and US launches will be taking place simultaneously sometime optimistically in Q3 and realistically in Q4:

Hello Community members !

Today, we would like to share an important update with you about The Chronicles of Spellborn.

After we attended the GDC in San Francisco, TCoS and Frogster have been in contact with different parties regarding the distribution of Spellborn in the USA.

Recently, one major MMOG publisher has signed a letter of intent as a potential partner for the release of The Chronicles of Spellborn in the USA, assuming a time of six months so that Spellborn can be successfully introduced to the US public.

Frogster and we, TCoS Devs, decided to use this extra time to improve our server architecture as well as apply further polish and balancing.

Thanks to this additional development time, we will make sure that the flow of the gameplay and the performance correspond to the high quality expectations for the game even with high numbers of players.

The launch of Spellborn is now estimated to take place in Autumn 2008, simultaneously in Europe and in the USA.

Our current Beta planning remains the same, and our tester pool has been increased by one hundred community members recently, ramping up towards bigger numbers as more testing needs arise.

To conclude, we will make sure to reveal the USA partner as soon as a final deal is signed, but in the meantime, keep on being active and helpful to the community, for it’s your best chance to participate in the Beta test and make Spellborn an even better game!

For the Oracle !
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*Mirage*
PR Manager
Community Manager
The Chronicles of Spellborn

The timing I think, will give people time to try out AOC, see if they like it and move on with a clear conscience if it wasn't what they were looking for.

If it delivers on its promises, I'd definitely like to try it regardless!