Beta was supposed to have started over 2 years ago.
They keep shifting the goalposts.
Personally, I think they misled everyone about how far they had gotten with the development of the game.
I doubt it will come out this year; the devs have already said many times that they want to release a finished product, not something that has been rushed out to meet publisher's deadlines.
Given that AOC and Warhammer have both been delayed, I doubt this game will come out before those.
2009 IMO.