Bring Out Your Dead

Helping to fill the void left by the closing of the February Beta Event, Light of Vega has put together a wonderful movie of in-game footage from the event set to music. Right click on the link to get the option to save it to disk. Note that the file is 90M, so it will take a while to download – it’s well worth the time and effort though.

ArenaNet has posted a 5-question Fansite Friday that deals with the changes they made this month as well as some of what we can expect between now and when the game is released.

From a forum post by Gaile:

“We do not intend to do a reset prior to the February Beta Weekend Event. Sure, anything is remotely possible, but at this point, we do not intend to reset (or wipe) any characters.”

And given that the ladder page also appears to still be intact at this point, I’d say that the guilds are safe for another month at least as well.

ArenaNet decided to give us a very nice Valentine’s Day present: a list of dates for the next three beta events, a movie of the new Ascalon area, and a Guild Wars release date!

February Beta: Feb 18-20th
March Beta: Mar 18-20th
April Beta: Apr 15-17th

Release for Pre-Orders: April 27th
Release for everyone: April 28th

ArenaNet has a Press Release and a movie download page.

Even if we can’t play this weekend, we can at least look in through the window. ArenaNet has posted a series of seven screenshots showcasing the new Ascalon. A few of the alpha testers have commented that it’s even more impressive in person.

Two more weeks before we get to see for ourselves…