Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thrones gets a beta weekend

The new expansion opens up a quarter of the new areas.

ArenaNet peviously announced the next expansion for Guild Wars 2, Heart of Thrones, as available for pre-purchase. Now they’ve released news of a full beta weekend that will allow players a look at 25% of the first map. The beta runs from August 7th until the 10th and is available to those who have pre-purchased the expansion. 

The beta promises to let you try out new elite specializations such as the chronomancer, dragonhunter, reaper and tempest. Additionally, the new expansion will allow for interesting customizable guild halls and weapons manufacture which can be used in the rest of the game.