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We went to the European Fanday and had a chance to meet and capture Rytlock on video. (Note: This version of the Rytlock statue does not precisely represent the one that’s included within the Collector’s Edition as minor painting changes have been made.)
Totalbiscuit shows you the Story Mode Dungeon in first person, as a Thief.
Character creation, WvW, exploration, crafting, epic boss battles, dungeons, and more: you name it, and it got a thorough test in last weekend’s closed beta event. The world of Tyria was crowded with many thousands of testers, and our media partners put in overtime to bring you plenty of coverage of the weekend’s festivities.
Now that the week’s drawing to a close, we’ve pulled together a roundup of some of the week’s coverage, so take a look:
Massively pulled out all the stops for the beta weekend. The writers all pitched in to talk about every aspect of the game: character creation, WvW, glory, and the overall experience. They also gave some detailed answers to reader questions, and Jef Reahard wrote about his experience as someone completely new to Tyria.
MMORPG.com jumped in with similar enthusiasm, taking a long look at the beauty of Divinity’s Reach, diving into competitive PvP, and doing some coverage of traits and skills. They also did a roundup of some of the little things that help to make GW2 great, and shared a few of the sillier moments of gameplay.
“Now that the beta weekend is over, I cannot wait to play more,” said Rock Paper Shotgun’s Richard Cobbett. He had plenty more to say in his in-depth review of the weekend’s festivities. Heinrich Lenhardt at VentureBeat shared that feeling, stating that he “only scratched the surface” during his weekend of gameplay.
Kotaku solicited questions about Guild Wars 2 from its readers, and spent the weekend making sure they were all answered with an entertaining combination of text and video.
Player Attack focused heavily on PvP play during the beta weekend, but came away with an appreciation for many of the underlying systems of the game, including weapons and skills: “For a system that seems so simple on the surface, there’s a lot more depth to it than some other titles in the genre, which is promising for players who really like their characters to be unique.”
Gamebreaker TV ran the full gamut of Guild Wars 2 coverage, from the smallest of details to a full tour of the Eternal Battlegrounds. Speaking of the Eternal Battlegrounds, GBTV also has video and play-by-play of some hair-raising golem battles.
Total Biscuit was all over the place during the beta weekend, cranking out videos about Charrzookas, effective stabbing, explorable-mode dungeon running, and overall impressions.
Finally, G4TV did a beta Q&A to answer the question “Why should you play Guild Wars 2?”
There you have it—some of the highlights of this week’s beta coverage. We thank all of our press partners for their work, and we thank our entire beta testing crew for their time in Tyria last weekend!
In this video,Guild Wars Insider staff member Mike Joseph (aka Arawulf) asks the question: “What is the best feature of Guild Wars 2?”
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Guild Wars Insider staff member HAPPYcat gives an overview of Guild Wars II’s crafting system, including a summary of how the game tackles salvaging, gathering, crafting and transmutation of items.
Here’s some awesome PvP/World vs World footage 
A quick look at the Dye System in Guild Wars 2.
We’re pretty excited about Guild Wars 2, and as these things go there have been few clouds on the horizon in terms of the amount of cash players will be expected to hand over. Even the announcement of in-game microtransactions has been handled with a degree of sensitivity.
Some players, however, have raised concerns about the pricing of the game’s recently-announced collector’s edition. It costs $149.99 in the US and €149.99/£129.99 in Europe – the problem being that $149.99, at the time of writing, is closer to £95/€115. We asked publisher NCSoft for comment on the price discrepancy.
If the collector’s editions are manufactured in the US then it’s likely that shipping its various books and figurines contribute to the extra cost – but it’s still a large difference, and something European players will have to consider carefully before committing to.
Guild Wars 2 Collectors Edition comes with a making-of book, 10″ figurine, soundtrack and art prints as well as bonus in-game items, beta access and a three-day head start when the game is finally released. It’ll be available to pre-purchase from the 10th of April.
NCSoft explain why Guild Wars 2 collector’s edition is more expensive in Europe | PC Gamer.
Totalbiscuit gives you his round-up of thoughts on Guild Wars 2 so far.
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Just like last month, this month ArenaNet let some press sites into this past weekend’s closed beta event, and as of Monday, March 26th at 6am Pacific time (PST) or 15:00 Central European time (CET), those press sites are allowed to talk about their experience in the closed beta weekend. This thread is intended to compile all info related to that closed beta weekend, so please post the things you find here and do not create separate threads for each piece of info you come across.
[Edit] some beta info to avoid too high expectations:
- Asura and Sylvari races are still excluded from this beta
- The only dungeon accessible in the beta, was the Ascalon Catacombs one
- PvE zones above level 25 were not available either.
- The press are not allowed to talk about the (very experimental) cash shop.
But on the other hand:
- Eye color customization is possible as of this betaEnglish Articles:
* Massively:
- An Outsider’s Look Inside (26-03)
- Making the jump from GW1 (26-03)
- Breaking Down GW2′s Character Creator (26-03) (+video)
- A Look At WvW (26-03) (+video)
- For Glory! (26-03) (+video)
- Questions Answered (26-03) (+video)
* Kotaku: Everything You Wanted To Know (26-03) (with videos)
* KillTenRats: The Opening Crush of Closed Beta (26-03)
* Gamebreaker.tv:
- Great Expectations (+video)
* MMORPG.com:
- Traits and Skills preview (26-03)
- 5 Great Little Things (26-03)
- So Much To Do (26-03)
- Competitive PvP Preview (26-03)
* TBreak: GW2 Hands On (26-03) (with videos)
* BeefJack: GW2 Hands On (26-03)
* VentureBeat: GW2 challenging the MMO Establishment (26-03)
* VideoGamer.com: Preview (26-03)
* GuildWarsInsider:
- Dynamic Event Primer (26-03)
- Belista’s Dodge Breakdown (26-03)
- BAM Hunter Beta Edition Day 1 (26-03) (+video)
- Crafting Transmutation Primer (26-03) (+video)
- Dynamic Event System Primer (26-03) (+video)
- Engineer Skills Breakdown (26-03)
- Elite Human Skill: Avatar of Melandru (26-03) (+video)
- Changes to Profession Skills (27-03)
- Monster Hunter, Beta Edition Day 2 (27-03) (+videos)
* Forbes: Cleaving a path through GW2 (26-03)
* PlayerAttack: WvW Preview (26-03)
* Incgamers/GWOnline.net:
- User questions answered (26-03)
- Death Becomes You (26-03)
- The Mesmer Experience (27-03)
- Swapping Attunements: More Fun for Elementalists? (27-03)
- Beta Reviews Me (27-03)
- Returning To Tyria… Again (27-03)
- GW2 Passes The Cheetos Test (27-03)
* G4TV.com: Why should you play GW2? (26-03)
* El33tOnline: Hands On Preview (26-03)
* IGN:
- Playing the Ranger (27-03) (+video)
- Playing the Elementalist (27-03) (+video)
* Demajen: Blog post about Community Feedback (26-03)
* Gamespy: Hands on (26-03)
* RockPaperShotgun: Beta Preview (26-03)
* ZAM: GW2: A Social Story (27-03) (+video)
* PCGamer: WvW PvP Guide (27-03)Foreign Articles:
* GameStar.DE: (German)
- Hands on (26-03)
- Dragons, Cows & Naked Heroes (26-03)
* Buffed.de (German):
- Big Boss in starting area (+video)
- Personal Story (+video)
- WvW (+video)
- Chain of Dynamic Events (27-03) (+video)
* Ninjalooter.de (German):
- Thief (+video) (26-03)
- Female Necromancer (+videos) (26-03)
- First Impressions (26-03)
- Norn Starting Area (27-03) (+video)
* MMORPG Italia: Hands on (26-03) (Italian)
* Multiplayer.it: GW2 Preview (26-03) (Italian)
* GameSource.it: Starting Zone, part 1 (26-03) (Italian) (+video)
* GW2Italia.it: Hands On (27-03)
* MMOGamer.es: Beta Impressions (26-03) (Spanish) (+videos)
* Goha.ru: Beta Impressions (27-03) (Russian)
* Gameblog.fr: Beta Impressions (26-03) (French)Videos:
* TotalHalibut:
- Thief (26-03)
- Charrzooka (26-03)
* CurseNetwork: several videos, including:
- WvW, part 1/3 (26-03)
- Racial Utilities & Elite skills (26-03)
- What the community wants (26-03)
- Waterfall jumping & Wizard’s Tower (26-03)
- Cow Launcher Event (26-03)
* BlueXephos (Yogscast):
* Incgamers: Human storyline
* GWOnline.Net (several videos)
* Calixae (for GWOnline.Net) (several videos)
* GuildWarsInsider: several videos, including:
- Historical Stroll through Kryta Home Instance (26-03)
- GW2′s Best Feature (26-03)
- Divinity’s Reach & Black Citadel (27-03)
- Human Elite Skill: Hounds of Baltrazar (27-03)
* MMOHVTv:
- Character Creation: Charr female thief
- Character Creation: Charr male guardian
- Character Creation: Human female elementalist
- Character Creation: Human male necromancer
- Character Creation: Norn female ranger
- Character Creation: Norn male warrior
* 4GamersHQ – several videos
* AurraTV: Hammer/Rifle PvP
* Mike B./Gamebreaker.tv:
- Post Weekend Notes and Specs (26-03)
- Six Reasons Why Guild Wars 2 Will Live Up To The Hype (26-03)
- Breaching the Walls: WvW (27-03)
* TheMediaCows:
* GamesRadar:
* ElixabethClaire (Massively):
- Guardian Personal Story (27-03)
- Human Swamp World Event (27-03)
* DaveChaos:
- Necromancer (26-03)
* TalesOfLumin:
* ManaObscura (ZAM.com):
- Wanderlust (26-03)
* allvatar: (German)
* GameStarDE: (German)
* Gamona.de: Preview (German)
* Ninjalooter: (German) several videos, including:* GamersGlobal.de: GW2 Tested (German)
* MMORPGItalia: (Italian)* GameSource.it: (Italian)
* Eurogamer.it (Italian): GW2 Preview
* MMORPGMania (GW2Italia.it) (Italian):* Lareufleu (Gameblog.fr): (French)
* MrGlaystal: (French)
* E0lan/JeuxOnline.info: (French) several videos, including:
- Underwater Temple of the Ages
- Ettin Champion
- Transmutation Stone
- Battle of Khylo with Male Norn Guardian
- Marketplace (27-03)
* GW2Spain: (Spanish)
* MMOGamer.es/GW2Online (Spanish) – several videos, including:
* PlayForum.net (Japanese?) – several videos
* Goha.ru (Russian):Audio:
* TotalBiscuit podcast
* Eurogamer.net Podcast 106 (MP3)
* Giant Bombcast
* Ninjalooter: NinjaCast #56 (German)Images:
* GuildWarsInsider: 10 new official screenshots
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Garrett Fuller takes us on an 18 minute journey in the Eternal Battlegrounds to find some action in Guild Wars 2′s World vs. World PVP. Just giggle along with Garrett as he falls into fanboy hilarity towards the end… can you say it’s fun?
MMORPG.com takes an in-depth look at the Guild Interface for ArenaNet’s upcoming Guild Wars 2.
MMORPG.com brings you a look at the User Interface of the upcoming MMORPG Guild Wars 2.
Bill Murphy gives us a quick snapshot of why Guild Wars 2 is bringing exploration back to the MMORPG during the beta event at the end of March.
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Get ready for Guild Wars 2, sequel to the epic MMORPG series. With a bow, the Thief becomes an area damage machine. A teleport ability ensures he never gets caught.
