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Welcome to the World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Beta Test. The list below contains information on the current available content for testing and general information. This information is subject to change. Alpha testers should note that your characters have been temporarily locked out. In a few weeks time, we will unlock these characters and you will be able to continue to level them. Please visit the Beta forums to submit feedback and discuss the expansion development with others. http://beta.worldofwarcraft.com/forums

General

• The continent of Northrend is now available! To travel there, visit one of four transportation masters in either Orgrimmar, Undercity, Stormwind Harbor,or Menethil Harbor.
  
• The floating magical city of Dalaran is now available!
  
• The Barber Shop has been implemented and you can now visit one of the Barber Shops in the major cities to change your appearance.
  
• The all new Achievement System has been implemented.
  
• Transportation between Howling Fjord and Borean Tundra can be found at the Tuskarr villages in those zones.
  
• The level cap is currently set to 77.
  
• Hit Rating, Critical Strike Rating, and Haste Rating now modify both melee attacks and spells.
  
• Spellpower:
  

• All items and effects which grant bonuses to spell damage and spell healing are being consolidated into a single stat, Spellpower. This stat will appear with the same values found on items which grant “increased spell damage and healing” such as on typical Mage and Warlock itemization.
  
  • For classes which do not heal, they should see no change in the character sheet other than new tooltip wording.
  
  
• Healing characters will see their bonus healing numbers on the character sheet decrease, however, all healing spells have been modified to receive more benefit from spellpower than they received from bonus healing, with a net effect of no change to the amount healed by their spells. Some talents have had to be rebalanced to accommodate this change, but the amount healed will remain roughly the same. In addition, some talents will provide only healing spell power.
  

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The Wrath of the Lich King Friend and Family Alpha has just come to a close.

By Eyonix:
"The Wrath of the Lich King alpha test has now come to a close. We'd like to thank all of you for your participation and invaluable feedback on the game. The World of Warcraft team is hard at work preparing for the next phase of testing, and each of you will be invited back to participate. We're also happy to inform you that we will not be wiping characters as we transition from alpha to beta. However, all current alpha characters will be locked for a short period of time, allowing new players entering the beta sufficient time to catch up.

We look forward to seeing you all again in the Wrath of the Lich King beta test."

Looks like the beta is just around the corner.

Blizzard has updated their World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King site with new and updated content.

We’ve just updated the official Wrath of the Lich King web site with new information about the upcoming expansion. Visit the new death knight class page to learn more about the death knight’s class role, and make sure to check out a brand-new wallpaper featuring the expansion’s titular villain. Also, the new gameplay features page offers a preview of some of the quest, dungeon, and faction innovations going into World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King.

Hooked Gamers has a preview of Wrath of the Lich King I thought ya'll would enjoy!

In the past, raid dungeons were the most challenging thing a player could do in the game. Part of the challenge was the fact that many required 25 people and some up to 40 people to defeat.

A new feature in Wrath of the Lich King allows you to play the new raid dungeons as either a 25 player fight or a 10 player fight.

It's more of an overall look at what we know so far, and for more of that try visiting our Wrath of the Lich King : What we know thus far thread!

Blizzard has updated their World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King page with exciting info on a new dungeon, The Nexus.

The Nexus War has begun.

The blue Dragon Aspect, Malygos, was charged ages ago by the titans as the guardian of magic. More than ten millennia ago, he watched in horror as Deathwing all but wiped out the blue flight. Maddened by grief, Malygos withdrew to his lair and paid little heed to the rest of the world, emerging only when it finally seemed possible to avenge Deathwing's terrible crime.

Read all about it here.