The world preview allowed anyone and everyone to play a specific portion of Guild Wars over the course of 3 days (29th –31st). The regions being of Kryta (coastal area) and the Wilds (dense jungle). Players will be able to participate in both player versus player and player versus environment story driven quests. If the previous preview is to be used as a comparison, over 200 000 people registered accounts to play over the course of it. It must be remembered that it is not a demo, but a demonstration of how the Alpha process is going and what individuals can expect from the Guild Wars gameplay.

• Explore 2 new regions for conquest and adventure: The Kingdom of Kryta and The Wilds – each with its own beautiful environment, persistent town and instanced hunting grounds
• Dive into Guild-on-Guild war for the first time in addition to tournament and arena team combat
• Participate in 5 new cooperative missions that continue the Guild Wars story
• Discover new character development and abilities: sample a host of new skills and elite skills for developing your characters and team strategy
• Experience the Guild Wars leveling process: Players participating in the World Preview Event will start at Level 15 and can advance up to Level 20
• Access guild functionality: During the duration of the event players will have the ability to form guilds, name guild leaders and to build their guild rank by competing against other teams in tournament combat
• Join a game using Observer Mode, where for the first time, players will have the opportunity to watch and learn from other teams in combat by using Observer Mode, which allows them to monitor live tournament and arena battles

The installer can be found on the official site, and may be downloaded right away; the game was only 'active' until the 29th of October and on the 31st it shall be deactivated again pending the retail release of the game.