Mike Ferguson on Guild Wars 2 World vs. World - another official blog entry already

Valentine’s in Dragon-Blasted Times - this is very unofficial, Valentines Day is NOT a holiday in GW1, I don't see why it should be in GW2, just some fan's idea of how the other 4 races would celebrate if they did

Letters of Love - more fan Valentines silliness, I think the above one is better

I've always said I'd start GW2 with a sylvari elementlist and charr would be last race I'd try, but ironically I named charr already and still don't have a name for the sylvari.

Note: February 20th is apparently the date the nondisclosure aggreement signed by members of the media who took part in beta weekend ends, so probably going to be lots of reviews next week.

GW2G: Press Closed Beta Test!! - collection of videos and blogs and images from last week's press beta test

Wow, lots of information there. Thanks Guybrush

I only watched emotes and character creation videos. Disappointed that sylvari and asura not in the demo.

Beta Development Update - already some changes made

And this tweet from Arenanet:

Aha....something to look forward to....

Oh I forgot:

my sylvari character from GW2 Role Playing site - after agonizing on trying to find an Irish, or Welsh, or Gaelic name I liked, I gave up and resorted to naming him after my GW1 elementalist, who's name is Japanese . No theme song for him as yet.

Guild Wars 2 Beta Sign Up!

Mike Ferguson Takes Your WvW Questions Here and on Reddit

Sounds like they are really trying to get the kinks out. Perhaps we will get a launch date soon.

See the Bata sign up count they left the beta up past 48 hours, I don't know for how much longer. Count as I enter this 996,315 sign ups.

I see it is over a million now and now closed. I wonder how many they will let in?

Link Roundup – WvW and Beta - the author of this blog just got hired by Arenanet, used to be a commentary writer on a gaming site, Arenanet liked her so much they hired her

Play Your Way – Jon Peters on Traits and Attributes

Thanks Guybrush

It Is On Like Pong – ArenaNet Hosts Penny Arcade

TowerTalk LoreSpecial about the Asura, interview with Jeff Grubb - introduction is in German but interview is in English. This is the final race interview with Jeff Grubb others races will he handled by Ree Soesbee (sylvari) and Scott McGough (charr)

Thanks Guybrush. It's always interesting to read the latest.

If you signed up for the beta event you should have gotten an email thanking you and providing a link to a video thank you on Arenanet's Facebook page. Apparently they have not sent out the actual invites just yet.

Did you get one Guybrush?

I got the thank you message yes.

Big news: Guild Wars 2 Pre-Orders Starting April 10th - click on the link for more information. If you scroll down you will find system requirements.

Thanks Guybrush, sounds exciting

I canceled the pre-order I had at Amazon for 2 years. Because apparently there is a difference between pre-order and pre-purchase. You pre-purchase it from https://buy.guildwars2.com you get all those bonus items including beta weekends and 3 day heard start. But if you pre-order it from some place else all you'll get is 1 day advance playing, assuming the disc arrives on time.

I may have to update my graphics card to be able to play Guild Wars 2 on better than lowest setting.

Interesting Guybrush...glad you discovered that.

Well it turns out you will be able to pre-purchase a standard boxed version (none of the bonus items) from select retailers (which those are don't know at this point) and receive a code that gives access to the beta weekends and three day head start. Then once the box is actually available at the store you will have to go back there to pick it up. The Collectors Edition will work similarly, you would get the access code right away and box later.

The digital versions will come from NCSoft.

Buying the game in April obviously can't get you in the March beta. The March beta test is still by invitation only.

Creating characters or guilds during the betas does not reserve them for the live game since they'll purge the database after the betas. However, characters and guilds created during the 3 day advanced access will carry over to the live game.