This was posted on Funcom's forums: "Citizens of Rubi-Ka, For those of you who have received your Anarchy Online retail box via Funcom pre-order, please note the following: - You will not be able to log onto Anarchy Online, using the CD key that is packaged with the retail version of AO, until Wednesday,June 27th. - Any character that is created, by using the combination of the retail version software and an Anarchy Online beta 4 CD key or by way of beta acceptance, will be wiped at the conclusion of the Anarchy Online beta phase. - Upon the launch of Anarchy Online on Wednesday, June 27th, there will be a final patch deeming the Anarchy Online client and servers ready for play. - If you have installed Anarchy Online prior to launch on June 27th, you will have to un-install and then re-install AO for it to function correctly. We thank you and certainly hope to see you all in Rubi-Ka shortly. The time for Anarchy is soon at hand!"