Guild Wars 2 will officially enter closed beta this Friday, according to a recent announcement by ArenaNet.

Writing on Reddit in an Ask Me Anything discussion, ArenaNet's system designer Jon Peters wrote: "We will officially enter Closed Beta Testing this Friday. It will be marked with an increase in our pool of testers. To clarify, this phase of testing is still under NDA and is not open to the public."

The team later elaborated, stating: "We have a studio internal selection process for our Closed Beta that starts on Friday. There will be no public application form," Massively reports.

ArenaNet recently revealed the latest profession in its upcoming MMO Guild Wars 2, Mesmers.

The title is scheduled to release in 2012.