No Beta Test For Guild Wars 2 This Year

Ah, Guild Wars. The game that I used to love. Guild Wars is known for two things: it’s free-to-play after buying the retail boxes and it has an emphasis on PvP. If you like the idea of serious online competition, it’s the title for you.

The eagerly-anticipated sequel is currently under development. However, those who have been hoping to try it out this year are going to be disappointed. ArenaNet has announced that there will be no beta for GW2 in 2008.

When will there be a beta?

Although we publically alpha- and beta-tested the original Guild Wars while it was still in early development, with Guild Wars 2 we will commence beta testing closer to the game’s release. With that in mind, we will not start beta testing in 2008 as we had originally planned. Guild Wars 2 is a very large and ambitious game, and Guild Wars players rightfully have very high expectations of its quality. We want players to be absolutely blown away by the game the first time they experience it.

Well, time to try something else then. Maybe a game that actually rewards everyone instead of the PvPers?

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