The Global Agenda beta ends today, Jan. 26, and Hi-Rez Studios will be celebrating the milestone by randomly entering match-made PvP missions and spawning bots that are normally reserved for Conquest gameplay and/or PvE missions. The team has also revealed the schedule of the upcoming launch activities, which we've summarized in this handy list:

• Jan. 28: Client should be available for download on Steam by the end of the day. Reserve your name.
• Jan. 29: Early head start begins at 3 p.m. EST. Limited content will be available until Jan. 31 at 5 p.m.
• Feb. 1: Global Agenda launches!
• Feb. 2: Hi-Rez will unlock five Conquest zones for Alliance vs. Alliance gameplay.
• March 3 and beyond: Global Agenda: Conquest will require a subscription to play.

Complete details can be found in the full schedule after the jump. For more information on Global Agenda, check out our recent "What We Know So Far" article.

In the lead up to the launch of Global Agenda on Feb. 1, 2010, Hi-Rez Studios is thrilled to provide details on events surrounding the game’s opening.

Tuesday, January 26 - Last Day of Beta!!

Tues., Jan. 26, is the last day of Global Agenda’s beta. To celebrate, Hi-Rez employees will be randomly entering certain match-made PvP Missions, spawning bots that are normally reserved for Conquest (Alliance vs Alliance) gameplay and/or for PvE missions.

Want to crew a vehicle or bot and take on the enemy? Or see how you fair against 10 real players plus the Viking Boss (pictured below)? Tuesday night is your chance to find out.

Wednesday, January 28 (End of Day) – Game Available for Download.  Name Reserve Begins.

Global Agenda is currently expected to be available for download on Steam by end of day on Wednesday, January 28.

Watch GAServerStatus on Twitter on Wednesday for the announcement of when the game is live on Steam.

Once the game is active on Steam, players may install it ahead of the Early Start on Friday. Following installation, players will be prompted to activate the game on the Global Agenda website (NOTE: You need to do this even if you’ve already registered a beta account). To do so, simply follow the prompts after installation.

If you miss the prompt following installation, you may activate your "Live Key" by simply right clicking on the Global Agenda Live game in Steam and selecting MANAGE GAME ACCOUNT. After you choose this, you will be directed to the Global Agenda website. Follow the prompts.

REMEMBER: YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO LINK YOUR “LIVE” ACCOUNT ON THE GLOBAL AGENDA WEBSITE UNTIL THE LIVE GAME UNLOCKS ON STEAM ON WEDNESDAY, AND YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY UNTIL THE EARLY START BEGINS ON FRIDAY JANUARY 29.

After you link your "Live Key" to your Global Agenda account, you will be prompted to claim your name. Current Beta players will have the option to keep their current name or choose a new name.

If you were the owner of an Agency in the Beta that had at least 3 players in it, you automatically will be assigned to an Agency of that name in the Live game (as long as you link your Live key by Feb. 1), but you will be the only player associated with that Agency. If you wish to keep the Agency, simply do so and start inviting people to it. If you wish to disband the Agency, you may, and then create or join another.

Friday, January 29 – Early Start Begins

Level Up Early!!

The Global Agenda Live servers are expected to be available to play LIMITED CONTENT ONLY during most hours from Friday January 29, starting at ~3PM US Eastern (Noon US Pacific, 20:00 GMT) until Sunday, January 31, ending at ~5PM US Eastern (2PM US Pacific, 22:00 GMT).

During this time, players will be able to do the following ONLY:

1. Create one or more characters (up to their max of
2. Play the INTRODUCTORY MISSIONS (Levels 1 to 4)
3. Play limited PvE and PvP content up until LEVEL 10. Once you reach LEVEL 10, no queues will be active.
4. Explore Dome City, create and form Agencies.

Monday, February 1 – Launch!

The day is here!! Players that pre-ordered and registered their Live Key on Steam ahead of this date will find their No Elves head flair and Commonwealth Helmet in their in-game mail, retrievable at the Shipping & Receiving Dock in Dome City.

Tuesday, February 2 – Conquest!

Conquest Zones are expected to unlock for all players beginning on Tues., Feb. 2. In Global Agenda Conquest, player-formed agencies compete for scarce territory, resources, and technology on a persistent world map. Create and upgrade facilities, attack and defend territories, and engage in Base Raids, production, politics and deception on your way toward world domination. Global Agenda: Conquest is expected to require a subscription to play after March 3, 2010, so buy the game early to play free!

For the game’s launch, five zones will be open, each for two-and-a-half hours a day. Taking advantage of Global Agenda’s unique “One World” server architecture, all players world-wide will participate in a single game universe and have the ability to compete against one another. But individual Conquest zones (as well as non-Conquest contest such as Mercenary PvP and PvE missions) will be primarily hosted on instances running in distributed data centers. The Obelisk and Echelon zones will run primarily on servers hosted in Europe. The Sovereign, Citadel and Warlord Zones primarily will run on servers hosted in North America.

Hi-Rez is working on additional server infrastructure, so that new zones can be hosted on Oceania servers at a later date (at times convenient to Oceania players – exact dates for server availability To Be Announced).

Stay Current

Follow GAServerStatus on Twitter to keep up to date on the latest server availability.

Our Lawyers Made Us Say It!

Launching a video game is always an exciting endeavor, but sometimes things may not go 100% as planned, or we may discover a better way to do something as we see players experience the game. The above represents our current intentions as of the day this article was written, but things could change unexpectedly. Watch the Global Agenda Forums, this blog and GAServerStatus on Twitter to stay current on the latest info!