I think right now there's a closed beta. And you can pre-order the game, although for instance the benelux (belgium, netherlands, luxemburg) can't preorder (in those countries, you can always try to preorder in the UK or something maybe).

Dunno if you can sign up for something anywhere though.

Wow has released. No more beta.

The european beta is in closed stage atm based on the info i dug up.

Wow, the game, isnt in beta anymore. It already released in the US. http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/

hahaha, that would SO own...don't be dissin' Daggerfall dude. I actually think a MMORPG using a tweaked version of Daggerfall's engine could still be very enjoyable, the cities didn't look half bad in Daggerfall. Of course, they'd have to leave out the dungeons. *shivers* Looking back it feels like I spent 20% of my life figuring out how to get out of the Daaggerfall dungeons. Praise the lord for teleport.

Dude dont argue.

http://en.wow-europe.com/

"Buying a Pre-Order box ensures you a copy of the game on the day World of Warcraft launches in Europe, and it is also the easiest way to get into the European Final Beta Test."

And idd peltz, now the european beta is closed.
I do find it weird that they release the game and then start a final beta, but who am i of course.

They need to stresstest the server and bla bla bla basically

Basically the european dev team learns how the code actually works