they don't, PAX was on their schedule already when they headed for the mid-august beta.

I looked at another month.

September is also when school starts, which counts as fall

September sounds so far away :/

Well if they are going to delay it I want a good reason. The schedule being tentative does not qualify as one.

Spore comes out September 7. I do hope it's out before then.

They don't owe you one. And yes, it does. Tentative means they can't commit to anything, which by nature means it's bound to change. Even better, the actual "Tentative schedule" post doesn't say mid-August, it only says August.

I could go on

I can't wait! I pre-ordered about 2 weeks ago and Yes I agree with Annatar.

They should still have a reason for delaying it other than "because we can"

Aperture Science
we do what we must
because we can

Um..their lead designer left the team a few days ago to go to a new opportunity. That's a pretty good reason to delay a game/beta if the main guy you depend on leaves the company.

Yeah, but he submitted his resignation no later than the time that the tentative schedule was posted, so they already knew about that. Plus he was working with the new Lead Designer for months beforehand.

Oh I didn't realize they knew for so long.

Either way, nothing we can do will make them release the beta earlier, its in their hands.

if i pre-ordered the physical box version today would i still be able to join the beta as well?

As long as its from their website your suppose to be able to get into the beta.

Also they said there would be a limited on the number of pre-orders allowed into the beta.
But they havn't announced its been full yet.

But if you think about it, why would they?
If they announce the beta is full everyone will stop pre-ordering. So who knows if its still open or closed but I'm pretty sure the beta isn't full yet. So make sure you pre-order from stardocks website.

I also purchased the box for 59.99 rather than the digital download only. I'm pretty sure you get both a download and you'll also get the retail box + game shipped to you as well.

So I just preordered as well - is there anything you need to do to get into the beta? Or will you just be contacted by mail when the time is there, as long as you've preordered??