ARENANET: The Beta Weekend Event is Coming!

[Zekas]

It can't get more official than this: The AreneNet blog has an article about the upcoming beta weekend event!

The exact times are detailed in the blogpost: "We’re counting the days until the first public Guild Wars 2 Beta Weekend Event, which begins on Friday, April 27, at noon PDT (GMT-7) and ends on Sunday, April 29, at 11:59 p.m. PDT (GMT-7)."

Two other very important points:

"Customers who have pre-purchased the game will receive an e-mail next week with instructions on how to download the client and participate in the Beta."

"This is a public event, which means that you’re not bound by a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). So go ahead, feel free to take screenshots, shoot video, blog, tweet, write, or compose a rock opera to share your Guild Wars 2 experience with the world."

Personally, I think GuildWars2Live.com should strife for the rock opera!

The rest of the blogpost list some stuff you'll be able to do in the BWE.

Also, the official Guild Wars 2 website has a nifty countdown clock!