Release 25-09-08?

[Oldleaf]

Just checked some online retailers, some give 25-09-08 as release date, some even later...

Euro Warhammer is one big mistery...

 

[Amelyn]

Just checked some online retailers, some give 25-09-08 as release date, some even later...

Euro Warhammer is one big mistery...

Well Id trust no other than Mythic in thise case. 18th sept.

My local GAME store told me 22th sept
and GameStop 30th sept

They will know better closer to launch...

 

[bobfish]

18th makes sense, three days head start means the servers open on the Monday. Normal NA releases are Tuesday, normal European releases are Friday, it's sort of having it's own day.

 

[LordjOX]

It's the retailers fault for no updating release dates on their products. September 18th is still the date for release.

 

[Xandax]

no no no ... it is "early 2008" according to GOA.

 

[Dervish]

Also... GamesDay UK is 14th sept and I'm hoping for that reason that headstart won't start until monday 15th. There will be loads at GamesDay from GOA/Mythic and I'm sure HS won't go ahead and until they are safely back in their office chairs.

Well I hope....

 

[Derian]

Where is GamesdayUK gonna be held this year?

*Edit*Ah just googled it silly me. Birmingham NEC Might take a trip over there (as i ain't a million miles away) just to see what WAR guys r up to.

 

[Dervish]

It is on a bigger scale than ever this year. I met the Barnett last year too..:worthy:

About 8 or 9 of my guild are meeting up again for the whole weekend. Best curry houses in the country surely.....

 

[Cylian]

normal European releases are Friday

UK, not europe. Something about Virgin Mediastores restocking on Fridays or something. Rest of europe is more Tuesday/Wednesday.

One reason why the rest of europe could play DAoC a couple of days earlier than the people in the UK on release.

 

[Kuldiin]

UK, not europe. Something about Virgin Mediastores restocking on Fridays or something. Rest of europe is more Tuesday/Wednesday.

One reason why the rest of europe could play DAoC a couple of days earlier than the people in the UK on release.

Wasnt it to do with preventing people taking time off from work sick when new games came out?

 

[Downanael]

Wasnt it to do with preventing people taking time off from work sick when new games came out?

That would require those fossils to know about games thought

 

[Derian]

I always liked the idea of a game released for the weekend so if you worked a 9-5 Mon-Fri. You had something to do over the weekend, thats if you have no life outside games which i have been in that bracket before.

 

[LordjOX]

UK, not europe. Something about Virgin Mediastores restocking on Fridays or something. Rest of europe is more Tuesday/Wednesday.

One reason why the rest of europe could play DAoC a couple of days earlier than the people in the UK on release.

Here it's pretty much on Friday...

 

[Cylian]

Here it's pretty much on Friday...

pfft, you're too far north!

 

[Judder]

The reason you see Friday September 22nd as the release date for some retailers.

The official release day for all new games in the UK is a Friday, this is a gentlemens agreement between games retailers (high street).

Every time a new online game, or expansion for that matter, gets released in the UK you find the same argument going on in Game.

Buyer "the game came out today, all other Countries are playing now"

Seller "we cannot sell it to you until Friday"

After much grief and screaming on web sites, the shops Head office send a memo to half there shops saying "you can sell it now".

GOA will know this from DAOC releases and from the history of other UK games releases but as they are not really in the customer service business they will forget and not push the marketing department to stop that bit of trouble brewing.