Rebirth release date

[strude]

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This post being moved into this thread, makes perfect sense, I should have put it here myself since I mention or reference the release date 0 times.

Why didn't you just go back a page and see that your post had already been merged into this thread?

[Fallent]

Seems to me it's getting pretty personal in here. And there's really no point in that, we're all fans of X.

Although several months on with over 50 pages later, and not a single, tiny, new piece of information is known.

Personally I think everyone should just come back if they remember sometime April/May next year.

[phoenix-it]

Personally I think everyone should just come back if they remember sometime April/May next year.

I check back about once a month myself. It's a little odd seeing what a ghost town it has become around here. But, that's pretty normal for game forums between release cycles. Egosoft has been a fairly quiet developer for as long as I've been buying their games. I saw a post from an indie game developer on /. the other day. The guy basically said that's how he would do it (silence), if he knew what he does now. Someone will always complain about something; that's human nature.

I've been playing other games, funding up on a kickstarter or two. Roberts' game looks like it will be interesting. However, I'm not real sure how a space game is going to feel in an FPS engine. High-end graphics aside, space games need large world space support or you start to run into issues with floating point imprecision and other run-time oddities. I've seen space games built on non-space engines before. And, they always felt cramped, or things clearly didn't scale as you'd expect.[/i]

[A5PECT]

That's a very, very interesting article.

I'm fond of this bit the most: "No-one will ever take your project as seriously as you, or fully realise what you’re going through."

Emphasis on the latter half.

[eladan]

I'm fond of this bit the most: "No-one will ever take your project as seriously as you, or fully realise what you’re going through."

The extension to that being "but it won't stop them advising or criticising you as though they do."

[NLS]

I see another problem here.

Seems (some) devs (I don't speak for ES necessarily here) believe the rest of the world is what... not living a real life with real obstacles and real challenges like theirs? That there are no other devs out there? (*) What?

(*) Actually when I was calling myself a dev back in the days, indeed I didn't think anybody else could match me. Its a general trend among devs (whether they make it public or not).

[DaddyMonster]

Dear Santa Bernd, I have been a very good boy all year and have played well with the other children... I've also been dipping in and out this and the x-rebirth facebook page since in was announced back in 2011 and have lapped up the various teaser images and interviews which have popped up. Yes, Santa Bernd, along with everyone else we want EgoSoft to get this product right at launch so been sitting quietly on my chair without fidgeting. But even now, as your birthday approaches (let us not forget xmas' true meaning), it still says 2012 as a release date... I don't mean to doubt your mighty magic Santa Bernd, I mean, making Xmas sales would be a cash flow boon but if you were launching then surely they'd start with some marketing and promotional activity...? These things need coordinating I presume. I guess because it still says 2012 I'm still holding out for my Xmas stockings (my gran's) to contain a copy.. So, Santa Bernd, cancel the Christamas Party (they'll only fight), and whip the Elves into getting this one coded double time so we can see your sleigh darting from house to house...

[pouet007]

Cancel all the release dates on every site (especially the 2012 one on ES internet site ...) and it should remove the basic reason of the shitstorm around this ***ing release date. Since there will be no date, no need to whine, just wait and find something interesting to do meanwhile.

[EmperorJon]

"We" as in who?
You speak for how many?
Have they secretly PMed you to talk for them?

I hardly need to PM anyone to know that you're in the minority here.

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Very true eladan, very true,

[CBJ]

We're preparing an X-News now which includes this, but it's going to take a little time to get the rest of the content for that ready and translated, so I thought I'd make a quick post here in advance of that.

As many of you have guessed already, we're not now going to hit our previously-stated target of releasing in 2012. There are various reasons for this, but it's just an accumulation of additional work (something quite common in game development especially when a whole new engine is involved) not some major problem that we've run into.

What I don't have for you at this stage is an exact release date; all I can say for now is that it will be 2013. And before people start speculating about why that's still relatively vague, it's just that we're not ready to be more precise yet. I can reassure you, once again, that we're all still working hard on the game with the aim of getting it out there as soon as we possibly can.

[phoenix-it]

Excellent CBJ, we'll be here when it's finished...

[amtie]

CBJ, CBJ, CBJ {
Is there any likelihood that the release date may be moved beyond 2013 (i.e. to 2014), barring unforseen delays? I mean, is there a risk that, at the pace you're going now and the rate of accumulating work and bug finding and fixing, that it might make the release run over 2013?
} CBJ CBJ CBJ

[bof111]

Hell, let them work and that's all.
It will be released, when it will be and that's it. There is really no point in hammering them like this.
Now we know, it's being worked on, we shall get a little news with some little things in and we will see in 2013 what it will be.
Just do something else instead and don't plan to play it before 8 month or more.

And if you really need to hammer someone, hammer Ketraar about the release of the community pack for AP.

[Voyadjyer]

I congratulate all the fans with a fantastic complete fake by "favorite" developer! more "intimate contact" in the world could not be found

[bluenog143]

For all we know the release could be sooner than we think.

I'm thinking Q1 2013 at the latest (with a more optimistic view point, of course).


- My first guess for a release date is March 13th, 2013.

- My second guess for a release date is January 30th 2013.

- And my third guess for a release date is December 21st 2012.

[EmperorJon]

I'd still hazard a guess around April/May/June at the earliest, still, keep up the good work, and I hope you recognise that there are some here at least that don't abandon all hope instantly.

[perkint]

Thanks for the update CBJ

And for what it's worth, some of us are happy to take what you say as meaning more or less... Well, meaning what you say, funnily enough! We look forward to the start of the marketing campaign

Tim

[milytar]

Yes thanx CBJ for that informations!Its sound better than previous "statements"-like;DONT WORRY WE STILL WORK WITH GAME.
And i hope that game latest release date will be 15.03.2013( )
Otherwise good work and please ES communicate more with us about X Rebirth!

[NLS]

Hey an update. Thanks CBJ.

Would hope for something less vague. Not precise. Would love a quarter or at least which half of the year.

[bluenog143]

Wow, I didn't see CBJ's post in the previous page, thanks CBJ.

Edit: It's best not to rush the game anyway, so if there's stuff that still needs to be done I'm glad it'll get worked on.