Well, I emailed a couple hours ago about the beta. If I ever get in on that, I'll report back. Unless there's a confidentiality disclaimer or whatever. I don't even know if they just accept all requests or what, but I haven't heard back yet.
EDIT: Ok, over in Europe/Asia, it's now well past business hours. It could easily be 8 or 12 hours or even longer before anyone hears back. It also could depend on their distribution method. The beta might be a temporary Steam installation, for example, but I don't have any idea how they're doing it. It's a popular way of moving around a ton of data while being sure that they can take it all down as soon as the paid release is done. I wouldn't be surprised to see them go this way with the beta. If distribution is a major headache, then who knows how long it'll be.
Post edited October 08, 2015 by mothwentbad