Kotaku-FFxiv ARR info from Gamescom 2012 beta testing coming this winter.

[Mrfox0707]

Just came across this. Hopefully not a re-posting but it was new to me so I thought I would share it.

Enjoy:
http://kotaku.com/5935273/final-fantasy-xiv-a-realm-reborn-beta-scheduled-for-winter-no-hardware-upgrades-necessary

[Technyze]

"Winter" Awesome. >_>

[Punainen]

:C But winter is so long from now...

[Lum]

Didn't we already know this? Beta will start sooner for PC with PS3 beta coming around December?

[Evenstar]

I can confirm this indeed. Today at Gamescom Yoshi said Alpha testing starts somewhere in september and beta will be during the winter.

[RahJah]

Does anyone know who will be considered for Beta testing a) the PC beta, and b) the PS3 beta?

[Ramsey]

I'm surprised no one had translated this from the original video posted yesterday yet. I hadn't bothered to post because I figured it had been known. Anyway...!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=LM6bi4RP25o

Yoshida @ ~10:35

そのスケジュール何ですけるの。。。秋、２０１２年の秋にはサーバー。。。アルファテストをあって、冬には、秒用皆参加してベータテストを。。。予定です。

(Rough Translation) To make the schedule transparent... fall, fall 2012 the alpha test will be on the server, secondly, in the winter everyone will be able to participate in the beta. That's our plan.

The ellipses are where I couldn't quite make out what he was saying and didn't feel like listening to it over and over, but none of it changed the meaning.

[Pirika]

Winter is coming...

[_pops]

So in other words, those who get in are going to be testing an alpha and this supposed "beta" is going to be open in December?

[Akujin]

Going by the guideline, aug into sept is suppsoed to have 'radical changes to the ingame world' and such, which is ongoing now, with the last patch having gone life and lettered patches coming out now. Alpha goes on in sept, Closed Beta should start after that, with the current servers coming to a close at the same time so that would fall between october-november possibly early december with open beta (in the winter everyone will be able to participate in the beta) coming in the rest of winter before the true relaunch... I see that happening.