For those of us having Guild Wars 2 pre-purchased already, we’ll be able to play the game from Friday noon to Sunday at Midnight (all times Pacific). Unfortunately for me, most of that available time will be spent at work, but I’ll get some time in here and there. I’ll share a few thoughts after the weekend.
Guild Wars 2 is an Massive Multiplayer Online Roll Playing Game, like World of Warcraft or Star Wars: The Old Republic. But unlike them, there is no monthly fee. The game is also balanced and structured differently than most MMOs. There aren’t the usual 3 primary class types that all other classes break down into, that is, there isn’t a healer, a tank and a damage class, everyone gets to do them all to some degree.
Their intro video gives a good overview of what they were aiming for…

Then there is Guild Wars 2 – Mass info for the uninitiated, a good article about the game. The game holds lots of promise, we’ll see if they can deliver… this weekend is still beta, so plenty may change between now and the final release, but it should be getting close…

Here is Totalbiscuit’s view of an earlier version of the beta…

And some Yogcast’s videos of the GuildWars 2.

Also… the previous link to GW2 was an Amazon link, which might not get you the version that allows for playing during the beta events, for that you may need to go to the official Guild Wars 2 site.