The Saga of Ryzom went into Open Beta this April with an internal target to launch in June 2004. Since Open Beta began, we have implemented many of the features planned for release and added three of the four lands and races to the game. During this same time, you, our testers, have enabled us to find and fix dozens of minor and major bugs in the game. While we were on schedule for our launch date, over the course of testing, we determined that The Saga of Ryzom would be a more fun and enjoyable experience for its players if we put a few more months of development and testing into the game prior to launch. In the past, due to financial and marketing reasons, many online games have shipped when they would actually have been better off staying in development for a few more months. Fortunately, we here at Nevrax are supported by visionary investors and trusted partners who are enabling us to take the right steps for our game. Therefore, we have decided to reschedule Ryzom"s launch until September.