An update to the Double Fine Action Forums fills us in on release plans for part two of Broken Age, their adventure game that was broken into two parts during development (thanks GameSpot). Word is they hope to have then entire second act as a playable alpha by the end of this year and release the game early next year, and they hope to come back with a firmer release date soon:

The goal now is to get all the finale work done so we can hit Alpha on all of Act 2 by the end of the year. That means, as you may have guessed based on recent updates and documentary episodes, the Act 2 ship that will deliver the complete adventure is now looking like it will be early next year. The game is looking really good and the team is working super fast, but we just gotta give the game the time it needs to really deliver on everything we’re hoping it will be.

Now that we have all the writing and design finalized and VO recorded, the remainder of development is much easier to estimate, so the production team is currently working to nail down a new schedule for finaling the game that we can use as a goal for the team and also share with you all.