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Another of Square Enix’s Tweets tells us about the beta schedule. This time we learn that phase 3 is due to begin on Tuesday at 17:00 PDT, which is 02:00 GMT. That’s this week! August 11th is also the deadline for most of the beta key contests we’ve been talking about so hopefully everyone who wants to get in will win a key. We don’t yet know what the changes will be to beta 3, however with the NDA in place we won’t be able to talk about them.

Source: Official Twitter

Five German websites are giving away beta keys, with one giving away as many as 6500. All you have to do to be in with a chance of getting your hands on one is to fill in the form on their websites. All they want is a few details and you can apply for all five within a few minutes. You don’t have to be a member of the websites. You will need a European Square Enix account for your key to be used. The websites are linked below.

Gamestar.de – 6500 keys.
Buffed.de – 5000 keys.
Gamona.de – 1000 keys.
PCGames.de – Unknown.
Anifo.de – Unknown.

Gamona is different and instead of filling in a form you must send an e-mail to gewinnspiel@gamona.de with the subject “FF XIV Gewinnspiel” and your name in the body.

Buffed, Gamona and PCGames are claiming it will be first come, first served so I would advise you to do this as soon as possible.

Since the sites are in German, some of the translations below may be useful.

Vorname – First name
Nachname – Surname
Ihr Name – Your name (full)
Alter – Age
Ihre E-Mail – Your e-mail address
Jetzt teilnehmen – Join (To submit your application)
Absenden – Send (To submit your application)
Ihre Nachricht – Your message (Just type in a comment)

With these and the North American give aways mentioned earlier in the week we think people who take part in all of them have a very good chance of success. We wish you good luck!