"Release date leaks aren’t all that rare in today’s gaming market, companies such as Amazon are constant culprits and certain GAME stores within the UK have even been found to be selling games prior to official release dates. With a title surrounded by as much hype as Guild Wars 2 has, gamers are crying out for some kind of official confirmation."

"f you had the same terrible luck I did and only got to play five hours of the last Guild Wars 2 beta weekend, I’ve got some great news. Arena.net have recently announced that they will be holding a stress test for Guild Wars 2 next week, May 14th, for roughly 7 hours between 11:00am to 6:00pm PDT. I’m sure you’re all thinking the same thing as I am, lets be sure to test what they want us to test and leave valuable feedback. Yeah right. I’m going straight for the WvW action, raining some fire ..."

Leviathyn.com lists some of the heavy hitting betas happening this week, next week, or upcoming. With Ghost Recon taking up the console, three upcoming games are starting or soon beginning their betas.

Gamesta.com is glad to announce that the first Beta Weekend event from Guild Wars 2 has finally received a date. Starting April 27, plyers that preordered through the Guild Wars site willautomatically be eligible for the PvP extravganza that will go down. Expect an email soon.

"This year is setting up to be a massive year for the MMORPG industry, we’ve already had top releases such as Star Wars: The Old Republic and there’s even more highly anticipated titles on the way, including Guild Wars 2 and TERA Online. Although both of these blockbuster titles are being worked on by separate developers, both have decided to host their first open beta weekends this month."

Gamesta.com reports on Guild Wars 2. The upcoming RPG has started taking preorders in all its formats on its website. Purchases will allow players to get the game 3 days prior to launch and will make them eligible for Beta Weekend events.

The Entertainment Software Rating Board has revealed their rating summary for the upcoming Guild Wars 2, detailing the game’s blood, mild language, use of alcohol and violence.

By now you might've heard about the big premium editions NCsoft has planned for their upcoming MMO sequel Guild wars 2. Gamesta.com spots the unequal mark up for European and North American markets. While there is always some difference, this one will roughly have a $50 gap. Sorry, Europe.

ArenaNet has revealed that sign ups for the first Guild Wars 2 beta event reached the one million mark before registration was shut down early today. The registration was extended by nearly an hour to allow the goal to be reached.

ArenaNet has revealed today that public registration for the very first Guild Wars 2 beta event has begun. The first event will be a selective process, requiring those who sign up to scan their system, be at least 18 years of age, and willing to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

It seems like the players of Guild Wars will have the opportunity to have an impact on the final product. Check out the full story to read what developer, Arenanet said of the matter. Cheers!

"World PvP on paper sounds like some marriage between Mythic’s RvR and World of Warcraft’s Alterac Valley. It is supposed to be three or more servers fighting against one another for some amount of time (a week, two weeks, etc.) then the servers would gain new opposition. Three is the magic number, eh, Syncaine? Anyway the system goes far beyond the capture system found in Warhammer Online by adding RTS elements to the mix similar to what Alterac Valley has. The article says:

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