We’re currently working on putting together
the beta build. The game will be running in debug mode and it’s a
different build from what we would have launched. We didn’t have this
set up before since there was no plan to do a public beta before
launching the game, mostly due to time constraints associated with
managing this process.

There will be a beta forum. Since this was also not planned, we need
to add the functionality to the new account system; we should have this
in time. The only place beta discussion should take place is in the beta
forum. There will be developer monitoring and interaction in this
forum.

The pre-orders are planned to launch along with parts of the new
website on early Friday evening. I know I said that the orders could be
limited and throttled, but there’s enough capacity that we can pretty
much guarantee this won’t happen before the beta launch on Monday, so
there’s no reason to rush the account system.

Pre-order pricing is 14.95 for returning players, the price of the
subscription. If you’ve ever bought Darkfall, you’re eligible for this
price promotion during the pre-order period which should run until close
to the game launch. New players, who haven’t bought the original
Darkfall, can pre-order the game for 29.95 which represents a 25%
discount.

In the registration page of the account system, there will be
a checkbox where you can enter your previous account information to
associate it with your current account. This will give returning
Darkfall players the option to pre-order Darkfall Unholy Wars for the
price of the subscription.

By pre-ordering you get 30 days of game time when Darkfall Unholy
Wars launches. It gives you Beta access. It gives you the capability to
reserve your character’s name. We will also look into giving pre-orders a
head start for launch, but we can’t commit to this yet.

That’s all for now, we’ll come back with more details tomorrow.

Thank you for reading.