Our final Beta Weekend Event before the launch of Guild Wars 2 is over.*We’re barreling toward August 28th (August 25th for the pre-purchase crowd), but we know it feels like it can’t get here fast enough! We’re hoping to make that wait easier with a roundup of some of this week’s coverage. Follow along for a look at some of the articles and videos gathered from around the Internet.
Unsurprisingly, Verene at The Pale Tree spent most of the beta weekend reveling in sylvari gameplay and came away with a roundup of all things sylvari. Dak provided a nice counterpart with some equally thorough coverage of asura gameplay.
Ravious at Kill Ten Rats spent some quality time with the asura as well, and provides an in-depth look at various parts of the asura starting experience.
Several members of the MMORPG.com team were on hand for the beta weekend.*Bill Murphy tried some PvP in the new Legacy of the Foefire map, Michael Bitton took on the asura experience, and David North wrapped things up with an overall review of both asura and sylvari.
Massively.com jumped in with similar enthusiasm. Tuesday’s edition of Flameseeker Chronicles covered the Legacy of the Foefire map, Matt Daniel covered the sylvari starting experience, and Bree Royce reveled in the “cheerful insanity” of the asura. Eliot Lefebvre wrapped things up by asking the readers to tell about their Beta Weekend Event experiences.
PC World went hands-on with Guild Wars 2 last weekend as well. David Daw logged plenty of gameplay, coming away with overall impressions of the game and a close look at the PvE side of things. Daw writes, “The open-ended nature of dynamic events creates a world you want to explore not out of some completist sensibility but because a new and exciting story could be waiting for you almost anywhere.”
If you’re interested in gameplay footage, Total Biscuit has nearly 40 minutes of thoughts and video of the final Beta Weekend Event, and the Boons and Conditions crew has tournament footage from the Forest of Niflhel, with the promise of more to come.
Mike Zadorojny sat down with G4′s Morgan Webb for a GW2 demo, which included a look at the asura and the Legacy of the Foefire PvP map. Nice work, Mike!





That’s a wrap for this week—we’ll see you all in-game before you know it!


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