Come next Tuesday, that’s what we’ll all be seeing in the launcher window on The Matrix Online. It’s hard to believe it’s finally here; and I don’t think it’s really going to register until the first time we all jack in and see double-hotbars in the Live game.

As anyone visiting the Experimental Playtest server this week can tell you, the devs are getting a bit punchy. We’ve seen everything from Jack-O-Lanterns to the return of the Flame Virus on EP. Which just goes to prove: It’s all fun and games until the whole world gets meatwadded. (Okay, it’s still fun and games after that, but tends to be a nasty surprise.)