GW:EN on shelves today.

I was under the belief that the game was to be released on the 31st. Most new media is released every Tuesday though I understand.

My question is - if someone bought the game today and installed the game today...would they have access to the new areas? Can't imagine buying a game and receiving a message stating you won't have access to it for another three days

You can install it, but you have to wait until the 31st to gain access because that's when the servers for it go live.

Nope, the game doesn't go live until the 31st. You can buy the game and input your key, but you won't be able to do anything with it until the content goes up.

That was the issue that Gaile was concerned about, many people who have purchased the game already are confused why they cannot access the content yet.

This has happened before in some stores. What I want to know is whether it is likely to happen here I'm only working half a day today. Getting a call after I leave to say my order is in will not make me happy
I'm an hours drive from the city centre And I was silly this time in ordering from a store near work, rather than a store near home. I'm pretty sure EB only holds orders for 24 hours

I'd rather like the code on my account a decent amount of time before the game goes live to avoid crashing out when trying to enter the code.

I think EB games (and gamestop) have their butts covered by this issue.

Quote EB games on the release of EotN:

Quote: IMPORTANT INFO: Servers allowing gameplay for Guild Wars: Eye of the North go live at 12:01 a.m. PST on Friday, August 31. However, orders will begin shipping on Tuesday, August 28. Depending on the shipping method you chose and/or your location, you may receive the game prior to this time. While you may install the game prior to the server “live” date, you will not be able to play until that time. If you do receive your game early, it’s a great excuse to put on a party hat and rig up a disco ball to lower from your ceiling at precisely 12:01 a.m. PST on Friday, August 31. Happy Guild Wars Rockin’ Eve! http://www.ebgames.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=647005

Three GameStops, two Best Buys and a Wal-Mart... all visited, none had the game out yet, just empty slots or placeholders. I guess the brick and mortar stores are sticking to the schedule while their online counterparts are jumping the gun.

Not necessarily RS. I have known EB here to flaut the rules both ways, releasing early and late, regardless of what time the game arrives. Mostly though early releases are for those who have pre-ordered. They give them the game because they don't want the stock sitting around the back when the game is "officially" released. The reason -at least EB has- is that their policy only covers holding the game for a VERY limited period of time, no more than 24 hours. If they get rid of the ordered games early, anything left sitting on their back shelves on the day of release is fair game to all and any customers.

Normally, and I say normally here because we all know it doesn't always work out the way it should, stores received stock about 2-3 days prior to release, as much as 4 or 5 if release is the end of the week. There is usually an agreement which doesn't allow them to "sell" the game "publically" before release, but this doesn't include pre-orders which are technically already paid for and not "public" sales. Occassionally there are terms and conditions which stipulate that it is not to be "distributed" until release - in which case pre-orders can't be "distributed/collected" until the release date either - this is normally only for really really big titles.

Anyhow, my point is that distributing pre-orders before release EB gives more than the stated time for pickup to the customers - which frankly I prefer, allowing them to sell all remaining copies on the actual day of release without breaking contract - which is basically what a pre-order is.

The moral really is just ask if they are in Most of the time you can talk sales people into anything - especially if you point out that the game can't actually be played until Friday anyway.

I find it bizarre that I still can't buy the game in the in-game store. Please let us do this prior to the 31st! Given the issues the store has had at other high-volume times (like when the GWEN pre-pre-order went live), I'd really like to get it ordered before release so that I have no trouble getting in on 8/31.

Quote: Originally Posted by RSGashapon

I got an automated call from EB/Gamestop saying that I can pick up the game tomorrow at my local Gamestop anytime after 12!
When I picked up the preorder box three weeks back, they told me that it they may not get it in till the first of September.
Good news anyways...

Quote: Originally Posted by Jaher Dal

It's a perfect excuse to have lunch at the Popeye's Chicken next door...

when can the game be purchased from the ingame store the 31st or earlier?

Quote: Originally Posted by GSUS

i reserved a copy of GWEN last month ..and today in the evening , they called that the game has arrived and i should pick it up tomorrow , so ill get it tomorrow but i wont play it till the 31 .

Also got the Gamestop call saying it'll be in Todya at/before noon. Of course i still plan to call first as i'd rather not waste a trip out to the store for nothing.

Particularly since it sounds like others got the same message of "wednesday before noon" so i want to be sure my store has their shipment before i waste my time/gas to drive there.

I know mine is available for pickup tomorrow afternoon, sadly it's a three hour boat ride and in another country. It'll be picked up Friday.

Is there a way to find out when the game will be available in stores at, lets say Belgrade, Serbia, since other games were available in Belgrade few weeks after the release.

i remember reading somewhere that the in game option to buy GW:EN will be online when the retail copy hits the shelves