NCSoft and ArenaNet will be having a preview event for the upcoming Guild Wars: Nightfall! Starting on September 22 at 07:01pm GMT players will have till the 25th at 6:59am GMT to try the game free of charge! Players will be able to create characters Nightfall-specific characters from the six core professions as well as the two new professions, the Dervish and the Paragon, and to try out new Nightfall skills.

Sounds good to me!  Now, I just have to make sure I don't miss it like I did the last preview event. 

The word is out!

NCSoft Press Release:

The Guild Wars Nightfall PvP Preview event will kick off on Friday, July 28 at 08:00 BST / 09:00 CET and will continue through Monday, July 31 to 07:59 BST / 08:59 CET.

It's nice to see Guild Wars doing so well and that the additional content NCSoft promised is becoming a reality. It makes me feel kind of bad though, since I still haven't picked up a copy of Factions. As with Factions, during the PvP preview players will be able to try out the two new professions: the Dervish, a scythe-wielding holy warrior, and the Paragon, guardian angel of the Elonian people.

I got into a discussion earlier today about how 'Guild War: Factions' is almost upon us.  I was saying that I've almost preordered a half dozen or so times over the last couple of weeks – just to get the pre-play weekend and all that.  In truth I was going to order the collectors edition but, since Guild Wars hasn't fit very well into my busy life I held off – and after seeing over at brinstar's blog that it has been delayed I'm kind of glad I didn't throw any money down on it.  I guess I'll just have to buy a 'regular' copy when it hits the shelves.  If there are any left…