Giveaway: get a Wildstar weekend beta key

If you're not yet running through Wildstar's colourful, deadly Nexus, creators Carbine Studios are giving away 40,000 keys for this coming weekend's beta test. From this Friday through to Monday, you'll be able to explore, loot and kill your way through the MMO. How exactly do you get one of these keys? Reading the rest of this post would be a good way to start.

To grab your key, click right here on these words. After you've been whisked to the Wildstar giveaway page, enter your email address into the form, and you'll be sent through a code on a first-come, first-served basis.

The beta will go live at 3pm GMT, this Friday, 21st February, and will run until 8am GMT, Monday, 24th February.

While you wait for the servers to activate, take a look at Phil's hands-on tour with the game's newly announced Adventure dungeons.

Update: For those having problems redeeming their codes, Carbine are looking into the problem.

Keep and eye on their Twitter for more details.

Phil Savage
Editor-in-Chief

Phil has been writing for PC Gamer for nearly a decade, starting out as a freelance writer covering everything from free games to MMOs. He eventually ed full-time as a news writer, before moving to the magazine to review immersive sims, RPGs and Hitman games. Now he leads PC Gamer's UK team, but still sometimes finds the time to write about his ongoing obsessions with Destiny 2, GTA Online and Apex Legends. When he's not levelling up battle es, he's checking out the latest tactics game or dipping back into Guild Wars 2. He's largely responsible for the whole Tub Geralt thing, but still isn't sorry.