Wrath of the Lich King is Imminent

Posted by Stropp on July 19, 2008

With Blizzard’s announcement that they have opened the beta for Wrath of the Lich King, all of a sudden the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion feels closer than ever before.

If Blizzard keep to a timetable similar to the timetable they had for the Burning Crusade expansion, Wrath of the Lich King should be released in the next three to four months. Burning Crusade was released on January 30 16, 2007 after going into a closed beta early October 06. This puts my estimated release of WotLK sometime around the end of November — just in time for the Christmas shopping season.

Just around the corner really.

If you want to be a part of the beta all you have to do is:

1. Upgrade your World of Warcraft account.
2. Copy up to four characters to the beta realms. These characters must be at least level 68.
3. Create a temporary Blizzard account. This is used only for providing the login info for the beta realms.
4. Download the beta client.

There’s a lot more info on the Wrath of the Lich King beta page as well as a FAQ. You can also access the beta forums. Since there’s no NDA, these forums appear to be open to normal World of Warcraft subscribers.

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