When is Guild Wars 2 expected to fully release?

I've read about 100 forums/blogs but all of them either A. Are from forever ago so the answer could change or B. Don't really know.When is Guild Wars 2 expected to fully release?
The development-team behind GuildWars 2, Arenanet, have repeatedly said "When it is done" and for good reason.

They don't want to tie themselves down with a releasedate and then have to rush the job.



There are some thoughts that it would be done in....

... a few weeks (but that's not happening, trust me)

... three months (highly unlikely)

... at the start of the new year (which would be Q1 of 2012) - the far more likely alternative

... a year (makes little sense, since building anticipation this far in advance is detrimental to sales)



Arenanet have yet to reveal one of the professions and but have held all of the racial presentations at this point. There are things they have yet to announce or show off, and while they have stated that alpha and closed beta will be held this year, they have not spoken of an actual release-date. They care currently in closed alpha, and based on the feedback they get from there they are going into closed beta, hopefully before the end of this year. Depending on the feedback from this they are going into open beta at some date after that.



I suggest you watch the video below of one of the senior staff at Areanet getting asked this question and listen to WHY he says "when it is ready".



You can also check out my youtube-channel for up-to-the-date information on the upcoming game.When is Guild Wars 2 expected to fully release?
B. is accurate, as ArenaNet/NCSoft have not announced a release date yet. The only thing they have said, is "When It's Done", because they want the game to be the very best it can be, and they will take whatever time they need to make it so. Right now they themselves don't even know exactly how long this will take, so all dates you see on other sites are pure speculation, and release dates published on sites like amazon are only placeholders until the real releasedate is announced.



Guild Wars 2 is currently in closed alpha testing phase. They have said that closed beta will start near the end of the year (no applications are accepted for these, it's friends and family only - do NOT trust sites that claim to give you access to the beta; they are fake!). The results of those tests will determine how much more time ArenaNet needs to fix or alter things and finish the game. Once that is done, there will be a public beta. The results of the public beta will again determine how much time they need before the actual release. So if all goes well, the release could be Q1 or (more likely) Q2 2012, but there is no way to be sure.



Your best bet is, to keep an eye on the official guild wars 2 site and on the arenanet blog. Both the public beta and the release date will definitely be announced there.When is Guild Wars 2 expected to fully release?
No word yet. Speculation is Late Q1 to mid Q2 of 2012 year.