Guild Wars 2

I was wondering about the CD key, do you get it right away when you purchase it or do you have to wait?
I’m asking because a friend of mine bought it from some other site and they told him he would get the CD key a few days before the expansion releases December 29th which is a long wait but also seems odd to me because there’s a Beta event this weekend and I don’t know how to access it without having the CD key for Heart of Thorns.

Buying it from another site might be a pre-order rather than a pre-purchase and thus won’t give access to the betas.

If you buy them directly from ArenaNet you get the key at once.

The date of December 29th is also totally made up by the store, since no release date have been announced.

It is also worth pointing out that one should always buy the game from official retailers as can be found here: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/retailers/ or on buy.guildwars2.com

lordkrall.7241:

Buying it from another site might be a pre-order rather than a pre-purchase and thus won’t give access to the betas.

If you buy them directly from ArenaNet you get the key at once.

The date of December 29th is also totally made up by the store, since no release date have been announced.

It is also worth pointing out that one should always buy the game from official retailers as can be found here: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/retailers/ or on buy.guildwars2.com

That explains it, I figured something was out of the ordinary when he said they told him he would get the key closer to the release date but also the release date puzzled me because I haven’t seen anything about it here, thanks for the answer!

Idly, ask if your friend ordered it from one of the official retail partners, because there are some unscrupulous resellers out there who will give you a key… purchased with a stolen credit card. You can imagine that won’t end well.

There are legitimate, unofficial resellers as well, but why risk it when there’s a way to buy it right here?