Finally ArenaNet announced the dates for the second Beta Weekend Event, and it is next weekend! That is June 8th to 10th PDT. In conjunction with this ArenaNet gave a lot of BWE2 keys to general gaming sites as well as different Guild Wars 2 communities (including GWOnline.net) to give out. It spawned quite the frenzy to get a hold of a key, especially at some of the the larger gaming sites who posted the keys in big free-for-alls.

ArenaNet also launched brand new French and German official wikis as well as shared with us the permanently marked flesh of one of their employees.

MMO Reviews published an interview with Eric Flannum, and PCGamer had a sneak peek at some exciting level 30+ areas, not available in the Beta Weekend Events.

(Not listing all the beta key giveaways because they are all more or less over by the time of publishing)

Source	Source Type	Original GW2 Update?	Key GW2 Update(s)
ArenaNet Blog	Â	Yes	Announcing the next Guild Wars 2 beta weekend Official German and French Guild Wars 2 Wikis launch today The dev with the dragon tatoo
Guild Wars 2 on Facebook	Â	Yes	Warning against beta key scams
Guild Wars 2 on Twitter	Â	No
ArenaNet on Twitter	Â	Yes	Into the pixel art collection featuring Daniel Dociu
ArenaNet on Flickr	Â	No
BuffeeArts	(Arts)	No
Eternal Alchemy	(GW2)	No
Gamebreaker	Vidcasts (GW2)	Yes	Top 5 reasons GW2 is interesting to non-MMOers For Science! When we’re ready
GuildCast	Vidcast (GW2)	Yes	Episode 25 – Beta for the win!
KirbyzaGamer	(GW2)	No
MattVisual	(GW2)	Yes	Zombie toilet Dose – Beta weekend clones
SagelikeOne	(GW2)	Yes	Guild Wars 2 Beta event announced Guild Wars 2 Beta – Episode 20, 21, 22 (all about PvP) Q&A # 27
Snebzor	(GW2)	No
Tales of Lumin	(Gaming)	No
Tales of Tyria	Vidcast (GW2)	Yes	Episode 33 – The least gready MMO? (note: the show will air on Mondays for a couple of weeks in stead of the usual Sunday)
Tubeelephant	(GW2)	Yes	Thoughts and opinions #1
TWIMMO	Vidcast (MMO)	Yes	Guild Wars 2 Clone? (regarding The Elder Scrolls Online)
WoodenTomatoes	(GW2)	Yes	Dailys: Heart armour, Lion guard Skrit face, Hall of monuments for $5, The mists spotlight, World boss stones, Wastelands and power, Beautiful gems
321spike	PvP Fansite (GW2)	No
Attached to Keyboard	(GW2)	No
Boons & Conditions	Fansite (GW2)	Yes	A spoiler-filled B&C update
Capacitor Flux	(GW2)	No
Condottieri	Guildsite (GW2)	No
Demajen	Blog (Gaming)	No
DistilledWill	(GW2)	No
Flameseeker Chronicles	Column (GW+GW2)	Yes	WvW primer
Games.on.net	Gaming Site	No
Greibach’s Normal Form	(GW2)	No
GuildMag	Fansite (GW2)	Yes	Age of Deceit – Rising Menace (chapter 6)
Guild Wars 2 Hub	Fansite (GW2)	Yes	Diary of – Entry 5: To the water machine! Profession vs. role in sPvP Mastering difficulty
Guild Wars 2 Journal	Fansite (GW2)	No
Guild Wars 2 Junkies	Fansite (GW2)	Yes	Five things I’d like to see on the Gem store
GuildWars2Live	Videos/fansite (GW2)	Yes	Azy’s Guide to Cost of WvWvW Upgrades.
Guild Wars Insider	Fansite (GW2)	Yes	Art of war; is it all about frenzy? Engineering over everything else-ing
Hunter’s Insight	(GW2)	Yes	Tooling around Imprint change Gendarran Fields preview
Kill Ten Rats	(Gaming)	No
Maloki	Blog (Mixed)	No
MMORPG	Gaming Site	Yes	My Beta wish
NZXT	(Mixed)	No
PC Gamer	Gaming Site	Yes	Guild Wars 2′s Gendarran Fields has centaurs, pirates, zombies, and filthy lying apple vendors [VIDEO PREVIEW OF A 30+ LEVEL, INCLUDING A STREAM ARCHIVE]
Raging Monkeys	(MMO)	No
The Feral Engineer	Engineer (GW2)	Yes	Theory crafting
Under the Pale Tree	(GW2)	No
Yoshi’s Guild Wars 2 hub	(GW2)	Yes	Testing the Beta Moving eggs to the offensive basket
ZAM	Gaming site	No
Tyria Talk	(GW2)	Yes	Episode 26 – Need more tooltips
The Vigilant	Blog (GW2)	No
Dragon Seasons	Fansite (GW2)	Yes	Crafting in Guild Wars 2 – an in depth view
KaeyiDream	(GW2)	Yes	Beta Weekend #2 details!
The Tyrian Order	Fansite (GW2)	No
Elemental Attunement	Elementalist Blog (GW2)	Yes	My favorite thing about Guild Wars 2 is
GW2 Evolution	Fansite (GW2)	No
Forbes	General News Site	No
Mana Obscura	MMO Site	No
Necrobator	Necromancer Fansite (GW2)	No
Decoding Dragons	(Gaming)	No
Games Overcast	Podcast (Gaming)	No
GoingPostalGW	(GW2)	No
TotalBiscuit	(Gaming)	No
Yogscast	(Gaming)	No
Bio Break	(RPG)	No
Girl vs. MMO	(MMO)	No
Nerdy Bookahs	(GW2)	Yes	Criticizing Guild Wars 2 Guild Wars 2: A FAQ for new players
Guardians of Tyria	Guardian Blog (GW2)	No
Massively Speaking	Podcast (MMO)	No
World verse World	WvW (GW2)	No	(moved to a sub-section of Team Legacy’s site)
Team Legacy	PvP Guild Site (GW2)	Yes	Warrior build for sPvP and WvW – “Jugular spec”
Flame Throwing	Engineer Blog (GW2)	No
Talk Tyria	Fansite (GW2)	Yes	The archer’s paradox: Rangers then and now
Play GuildWars 2	Blog (GW2)	Yes	What’s to come? A look at the mesmer part II, part III The Orb of power
Ten Ton Hammer	MMO Site	No
Examiner	Entertainment news	No
Key and Dagger	Thief Blog (GW2)	No
Wooting	Blog (GW2)	Yes	Engineer is awesome?
Guild Wars 2 Grandmaster	Blog (GW2)	No
Mind and Spirit	(GW2)	Yes	Then and Now, Here and There – The Ascalon region (part 2)
GW2 WvW	PvP Fansite (GW2)	Yes	The etiquette of ganking A unique training experience Reshaping your reality Defend that keep! Critical of the critics Your Build is evolving
Scary Worlds	Blog (MMO)	No
The Snarky Asura	(GW2)	No
Final Boss Fight	Gaming Site	No
Enigmus1	(MMO)	Yes	Crafting guide part 2
Wartower (German)	Fansite (GW2)	No
The Searing	Podcast (GW2)	Yes	Episode 5 – Dictathesarus Rex Episode 6 – Player vs. Travis (PvT)
Octovision	(MMO)	No
Three Odd Tales	Fanfic (GW2)	Yes	Serendipity
AtomicPC	Gaming/Hardware Site	No
The Wastenaw Voice	News Site	No
GameZone	Gaming Site	No
MMOSite	Fansite (MMO)	No
Piki Geek	Gaming Site	Yes	Sunday sound off – the world after Diablo 3 (GW2 being listed as one of the games to play after D3)
GameSpy	Gaming Site	No
GamerLive	Gaming Site	No
The Daily Aztec	News Site	No
Casual Aggro	(MMO)	No
RPG Fan	Fansite (RPG)	Yes	Random encounters episode 44b – The Guild Wars 2 interviews
Ken and Graev	(Gaming)	Yes	GW2′s version of Darkness Falls taking shape
GWOnline	Fansite (GW2)	Yes	A scholar eye on minionmancy
Reddit	(GW2)	Yes
The Sprocket Formula	 Engineer (GW2)	Yes	The rifle: A “Know it all”
Blog de la Burro	 (Gaming)	Yes	My pre beta worries
Gamers Heroes	 Gaming Site	No
Guild Wars 2 Stratics	 Fansite (GW2)	No
TunaGaming	(Gaming)	No
World of Enders	(GW2)	Yes	Warrior PvP 7/18, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Traxdagamer	(GW2)	Yes	Beta – Human Guardian Game commentary, part 9, 10
Labyrinth Studios TV	(Mixed)	No
Dontain	(GW2)	Yes	Broken separatist event Double your experience in Guild Wars 2! Dontain’s 15,000 subscribers giveaway!
Chronicles of Tyria	Fansite (GW2)	Yes	Chapter 3. Part I – Center
Project Tyria	(GW2)	Yes	Fan submission volume 1
GetBonkd	(GW2)	Yes	Top 10 DE’s and Hearts of BWE1
The Centaur’s Satchel	(GW2)	No
Rock Paper Shotgun	Gaming Site	No
IGN	Gaming Site	No
Dulfy	(MMOs)	No
GamaSutra	Gaming Site	No
The Verge/Polygon	Podcast (GW2)	No
Paradox	GW2 Guild Site	No	(Note: Changed address)
Guild Wars 2 Guru	Fansite (GW2)	No
Malefic Incantations	(GW2)	Yes	BWE2 and no character wipe (yet)
Killabytes Online	Blog (GW2 mostly)	Yes	Guild Wars 2 as a single player game
Venturebeat	Tech News Site	No
miihdaftpunk	(Mixed)	No
Tyrian Stories	(GW2)	No
Shewstr	(Mixed)	No
Next Web Design	Blog (Art & Photo)	No
MMO Reviews	MMO Site	Yes	Exclusive interview with Eric Flannum the Lead Game Designer of Guild Wars 2.[AS IN TITLE, INTERVIEW WITH ERIC FLANNUM]
Natural Front	Gaming Blog	Yes	ArenaNet decries stagnation in MMOs
What Culture	Entertainment Site	Yes	Guild Wars 2 is not a sequel to Guild Wars 1Â
Gameranx	Gaming Site	Yes	Five reasons why Guild Wars 2 is awesomeÂ
Kotaku	Gaming Site	Yes	A completely unbiased look at the races of Guild Wars 2Â
GW2 Status	GW2 Tool	Yes	A new site tracking the status of the Guild Wars 2 client

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