Guild Wars 2 Beta Key Giveaways!

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Jun 012012
 

Guild Wars 2 site Boons and Conditions are giving away Guild Wars 2 beta keys! For those of you who want to get in on the next beta weekend event, here’s a chance to get a key! Of course, if you want to guarantee a spot like me, you can pre-purchase the game. Boons and Conditions gave out 5 keys yesterday, will give out 5 today, and will also give out beta keys this weekend. Here are the day 2 requirements:

  • Register on their forum.
  • Post on this thread telling them world why you are interested in Guild Wars 2 over other games. Answers consisting of only a few words or directly bashing other games will be disqualified.
  • You must have two posts on your forum account. One in this giveaway thread, and then another post in another thread. Again, a post consisting of a few words or what their moderators consider “spam” will be disqualified.

Just like yesterday, they will be selecting 5 random winners from today! However, this is assuming your post is more than just a few words and bashing another game. We close the gates at midnight PDT (-7 GMT)! Winners will be contacted via private message (PM) on the forums so please be on the lookout.

Guild Wars 2 Beta Weekend Event 2 Announced

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May 292012
 

Guild Wars 2 fanatics, the second beta weekend event has been announced! Earlier today, Chris Whiteside of Arena Net made a post on their official blog detailing when the event would be.

Beta Weekend Event 2 will begin on Friday, June 8th, at noon PDT (GMT-7) and will run until Sunday, June 10th, at 11:59 p.m. PDT (GMT-7).

If you know anyone who has been raving about this game, expect them to go M.I.A. once again next weekend. Also, there’s moar good news! Your existing characters have not been deleted, and if you have one that is level 35 or higher, you’ll finally be able to explore the Ascalonian Catacombs dungeon.

Many of the complaints raised in the first beta weekend event have apparently been addressed; these include party movement into overflow servers, chat functionality, key bindings, server stability, and performance to name a few. I’m glad to hear this, as I was unable to play with friends due to the overflow of players and overall server stability. Lag was also a huge issue for many, so it’s good to see performance has been addressed.

I never really did give my first impressions of the first beta event. I’ll try to have something up in the coming days leading up to the event; you might be surprised at what I think of the game. In the meantime, take a look at some video I recorded (with lame commentary) below.

One last word to all fans of the game: try not to die of anticipation. The second beta weekend event will be here sooner than you think :)

[via: Arena Net blog]