If you've been wondering about what's the latest in Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, well, you came to the right place, as we have this quick and short update waiting just for you.

Sony Online Entertainment (SOE), together with Sigil Games and Koch Media, announced today that the game's open beta phase will officially end on January 23 at exactly 11:59 PM, Pacific Time. After that, all the servers will then be shut down to make way for the transfers of every single beta character to a test server. However, one should note that this same test server won't be open until sometime after January 30 launch.

Accordingly, these early birds will be granted early access to the live servers before the official release date, though what exactly "early" means, is something that SOE is yet to clarify.

Anyway, as you all know, the game can be pre-ordered both online and at retail. Now, those who have the knees to go physically to a store will be getting an exclusive endurance buff scroll that will allow their character to sprint for longer periods of time.

We're wondering about the things that took place during the beta phase; how's the crafting system now? And how about the mounts? Oh well, we guess we will all find out together when Vanguard is finally released later this month.