Exciting news for everyone still invested in World of Warcraft – patch 3.3 is out at long last, one year and one month since Wrath of the Lich King was released.
The big event for this patch is the opening of Icecrown, the citadel of the Lich King himself. Finally, the culmination of WoW's second expansion nears as players will be able to face Arthas, the "Big Bad" of Wrath, in final confrontation.
Three new five-player dungeons are included as well as a new ten/twenty-five man raid. There's a ton of new changes to various classes as well as bug fixes, but one of the more interesting features making its way in is the new Dungeon Finder tool that will let you quickly slot into a queue across realms in order to find a party to run an instance with. Players who take advantage of this new toy will get a shot at randomly winning an in-game Perky Pug pet.
WoW.com has a super huge breakdown of details for the new patch; there's a lot of stuff to digest while you sit around waiting for the extended downtime to be lifted.
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