Archeage Beta Release Date

People who have been patiently awaiting the release of the closed beta servers to archeage might be wonder when the game will be releasing at least for beta testing since this game looks really amazing. But searching the website and forums for Archeage is a lost cause since trying to find information about release dates sucks. And unless you read between the lines you will miss out on the information that you need to know.

So first is alpha is currently out if you actually shelled out the $150 to purchase the alpha founders account then this won't apply to you since your already playing.  For beta players they need to wait for the release and currently beta will follow the alpha's 1.2 update. The 1.2 update includes more things that need to be translated and tested including updates to experience gained though pvp and crafting and using labor points. The full patch update for the update isn't released yet because they have said that it will take a few weeks for them just to prepare the patch for alpha. Alpha servers will be playing these patches only particially translated.

If we look at the release which was schedualed before which was sapposed to be sometime the end of June many games planned some sort of release for July like for example Tera Online is releasing based on July 8th so next month. Companies usually try to get insider knowledge and since Archeage will likely take many of the players from Tera just because of the open world and incentive based pvp we can assume that the release was planned around the beta for Archeage. And with Archeages delay we can come up with some late release either the end of July or early August. We won't know for sure but it will depend on when the patch comes out for alpha and also how many weeks they will need to finish testing and translating. They also stated that beta will have access to the item shop for testing so this will also require time for them to implement.

All in all it might be worth it for some people to play Archeage now by spending the $150 but that is a lot for a package which is only worth about 120 usd retail aside from getting into an alpha server right away. But alpha servers will still end up being wiped at some point. The beta is a good deal if you feel you want to garrenty a spot in the closed beta.