Looks like invites have gone out via email for a preview weekend starting Friday August 22nd, going until the 25th. It says the event is ‘invite-only,’ but everyone I know who has pre-ordered a copy of WAR has been invited. Here’s the description from the email:
Greetings!
It is our pleasure to invite you to the Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Preview Weekend taking place this Friday, August 22nd thru Monday, August 25th. Join thousands of your fellow players and experience the Age of Reckoning for the first time as you adventure through two tiers of content across three campaigns.
This is an invite-only event, so don’t delay in preparing for WAR and be one of the first to engage in the thrill and glory of RvR combat before the rest of the world!
Within the email are instruction on how and where to get the client, same as the OB download, except they’ve provided an additional torrent download link:
http://torrent2.eamythic.com/WarBeta.torrent
Try that out if you’re having trouble with Fileplanet, hate Fileplanet, or just don’t feel like registering with FilePlanet and waiting 2 hours to start the damn download.