 In August 2009, two years after the game was first announced, ArenaNet decided the game had reached a state where they were happy to show it to the public.A trailer which mixed animated concept art and in-game footage was released at Gamescom, followed by interviews expanding on the lore of the game world and information about the player races.In November 2009, NCsoft CEO Jaeho Lee stated the game would most likely not release until 2011, but a closed beta would be made available in 2010.