Welcome to the Year of the Dragon – ArenaNet Blog
"We recently finished our first closed beta test, and we’re now ready to hold progressively larger events. In February we’ll invite select press to participate in beta testing, and in March and April we’ll aggressively ramp up the size of our beta test events so that many of you will have a chance to participate. And of course, this all leads to the release of Guild Wars 2 later this year."

So stay tuned to our official Guild Wars 2 website, our Facebook page, and this blog for more information about how to participate in an upcoming beta event.
I don't know if anyone noticed this tid bit at the bottom of the Year of the Dragon post but it made me excited time to start watching twitter, Facebook, and their website + all the fan sites in a few days!