TGS Trailer ahoy!

[Rane]

I was under the impression 1st phase Alpha starts while 1.0 is still up. Don't get me wrong I can't see how this will be out before march even if the beta goes smoothly, but for those saying 1-2 years you need to put the crack pipe down: this isn't vs 13 yet.

I seem to remember this being the plan as well. In addition, recent posts by Soken (on his Twitter account) and Yoshida (see the quote below) indicate that the team has hit crunch time finishing the alpha client.

Yoshida responded to a fan asking if he would be at Tokyo Game Show with the following post. (Translation in blue, my notes in green.)

すみません、昨日の午前中のみ会場へ行き、その後、会社に戻って今も仕事しています。
この週末もαクライアントの調整に全力疾走なので、吉田にとって今年のTGSはこれにて終了ですｗ

I'm sorry, I was at the show yesterday (Thursday) morning, but afterwards I went back to the office and am still working now (Friday morning at 1:30 AM Japan time). We'll be in full sprint mode making adjustments to the alpha client this weekend as well, so TGS is already over for me lol

My guess is that the alpha will launch for a few lucky people in Japan in October. But hey, if I'm wrong, I'm wrong.