ArenaNet's Guild Wars 2 has been gathering a considerable amount of pre-release hype predominately due to its ongoing private beta. The MMO will now be the subject of an upcoming public beta with the developer announcing the game's first public beta weekend event.
Announcing the news on Twitter, the first public Guild Wars 2 beta weekend event will come into fruition come April 27th; it'll run throughout the weekend until the 29th. Other than the date, details are currently scarce. However, the studio states an upcoming blog post will delve into additional details tomorrow.
Furthermore, for those who are looking for a beta key, ArenaNet stated by pre-purchasing the sequel instant forthcoming beta event access will be granted including next weekend's event.