En Masse Entertainment just announced that the TERA Community Play Event will be held from March 28 to April 3. So who gets to participate? Here are the details:

"We've selected our former Focus Group Testers in good standing and a large number of additional community members who have distinguished themselves over the last year by making contributions to the TERA community (and who have filled out our testing application). On Friday, March 25, these people will receive invitations to the Community Play Event. At that time they'll gain access to a private area of our forums where they can discuss their experiences, interact with our staff, and give feedback about TERA."

While the entire week of March 28 will be focused on discussing the game and forming guilds, the servers will actually be open for play from April 2-3. If you happen to get an invite, be sure to clear your calendar that weekend.

We recently got the chance to speak with Senior Producer Brian Knox at the Game Developers Conference, and he said that this Community Play Event should kick off some consistency in terms of other testing events. If the team's original schedule remains firm, then the next community play event should be held in a couple months, followed by the launch of the beta cycle.