I was wondering, isn't the beta too late !
I mean the game has to go gold pretty soon so they can distribute it all over to be released on 4th Nov and the beta has to end before it goes gold so that they can incorporate what they learn from the beta.
What I mean is if the beta starts 2 days from now, it will have to end pretty soon, and it has still not started. Look at Gears 2 , it has gone gold and being distributed to stores n all, transportation takes time.
EDIT: is R2 being released on 4th only in the US? later in other places? still it has to go gold soon.