Hey all, first post over here... and i figured, i'd share my glorious news of the day:



January 22nd 2009 Launch Date Announced for Darkfall Online.

Athens, Greece – December 5th, 2008 - Audio Visual Enterprises SA and Aventurine SA in a joint statement today announced that their highly anticipated MMORPG title Darkfall Online will launch across Europe on January 22nd, 2009. North American players are also welcome to participate in the European launch of Darkfall which will precede a North American launch.

More details to be announced as they become available.

About Darkfall Online
Darkfall Online is a massive multiplayer online (MMO) fantasy role-playing game featuring a fun, fast-paced, real-time combat system, massive battles, clan warfare and empire building. Darkfall combines role-playing, action, and strategic gameplay. Darkfall has been designed to create intensely realistic and highly immersive combat and a challenging, realistic environment for a more immersive experience. With full collision detection battle lines really matter and well-aimed spell blasts will send opponents flying. Darkfall's goal is to provide players with a fun and challenging experience through a seamless and zoneless, non-instanced, "sandbox" game world.
www.darkfallonline.com

About Audio Visual Enterprises SA
Audio Visual Enterprises SA is a leading home entertainment company located in Athens, Greece. Audio Visual is a group of companies which encompasses a large range in the field of entertainment, including video, television, cinema, and amusement parks, and is the official partner of entertainment industry giants such as Warner Bros, The Walt Disney Company, and Village Films. With Darkfall Online, and the creation of a Games division, Audiovisual enters into the field of online gaming.
www.audiovisual.gr

About Aventurine SA
Aventurine SA is an independent computer games developer located in Athens, Greece. Aventurine is fueled by passion for gaming and game technologies. Aventurine's main project is Darkfall Online, a groundbreaking game scheduled to launch January 22nd, 2009. Development of the game, the technology platform, game engine, and tools began in 2003. The Darkfall team consists of thirty veteran developers.
www.aventurine.gr

Contact:
info@aventurine.gr
+30 210 6897185


source: http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=87239


GLEEE!!!!

O rly?

Cool.

Maybe it'll shut all the vaporware trolls up a bit.

man, this has the potential to destroy wow and shit.
i really like how it sounds

i doubt darkfall will even bring a dent in the monolith that is WoW, they cater to completly different crowds - what i dont doubt is that darkfall will soon be the home of a lot of Age of Conan, Warhammer, EvE, UO, DaoC,etc... gamers.

I'm going to try it out, just like I tried out warhammer.
Although I do have higher hopes for this game than I had for warhammer.

we all have higher hopes for this game then most others.

if darkfall doesn't pull a AoC on us (Blatant lies) they should do well for a PvP Free for all, Massive murder fest

we all have higher hopes for this game then most others.

if darkfall doesn't pull a AoC on us (Blatant lies) they should do well for a PvP Free for all, Massive murder fest

Actually, I've played AOC beta for more than 3 months and I thought it was pretty bad but also thought it was going to be improved much further.
needless to say it didnt.

I've heard nothing but good stuff from beta reports, saying the game is already finished but they're just ironing small, maybe even cosmetic bugs.

I'm certainly excited about it.

You heard me right.

Vaporware no more:
http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?p=2075657#post2075657




Flame on.

Sorry, didn't realize this had already been posted.

Ive signed up for the Beta, this game looks immense bin waiting a long time for it to come out. Don't wanna get me hopes to high though might be a big let down :( hope its the real deal though and that the release date isn't like all the over release dates......

Cool.

Maybe it'll shut all the vaporware trolls up a bit.
negative.

Has anyone been in the beta? or know anyone who has been in the beta?

It's within a month of *cough* release *cough* but I haven't heard hardly anything.

vaporware trolls?

We're not trolls, we're reasonable, logical people.


You think it's a good sign that a game has skipped the open beta process and gone straight into release?

It sounds like they're run out of money and need release to fund more of the project, just like what happened to Vanguard.

That's a terrible sign for the game.