basing my experience of Play.com in regards to beta and early access to Age of Conan they have e-mailed links in keys in time but only just, only got a two day window to register the early access key before it was closed.
So that fact that I haven't got any e-mails or dvd probably means we are not that close to open beta yet - damn it!
But I can understand the frustration, I can't believe how excited I am now about open beta access and I want everything now.