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Guild Wars 2 Confirmed For 2012, Beta Window Announced
Based on what ArenaNet has shown, many eager gamers have assumed Guild Wars 2 will come out in 2012. Today ArenaNet president Mike O'Brien confirmed a 2012 release date, and gave players an idea of when they can first get their hands on the game.
In a blog post celebrating Lunar New Year's Day, O'Brien outlined the company's beta plans:
"We recently finished our first closed beta test, and we’re now ready to hold progressively larger events. In February we’ll invite select press to participate in beta testing, and in March and April we’ll aggressively ramp up the size of our beta test events so that many of you will have a chance to participate. And of course, this all leads to the release of Guild Wars 2 later this year."
While "later this year" is still painfully vague for gamers dying to play the MMO, at least we know it's coming in 2012. For more on Guild Wars 2, check out our interview with designers Jon Peters and Jonathon Sharp, in which they discuss the mesmer class.
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