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by Adam Holisky 
Dec 8th 2009 at 6:00PM
Blizzard has finally released the official trailer for Patch 3.3: Fall of the Lich King. You can view it over on their site right now, or just enjoy it via the YouTube video embedded above. The Blizzard site is extremely slow right now, so we recommend just watching it here.
The trailer sends chills down your spine, especially if you've been paying attention to the lore of Warcraft since the RTS games back in the 90's and early 2000's. It shows a certain very important figure in Arthas' life, letting him know the Fall of the Lich King is bound to take place.
For additional information about the lore in this patch, check out our article on the Lore of Patch 3.3. To see more of the dungeons and have a bit more of the story explained to you, check out vodka's trailer.
We understand that the YouTube trailer might be taking some time to load. There's a lot of people trying to access everything at once, and most internet services are getting bogged down. WoW.com is on AOL webservers, so we should be fine, but other sites, include Blizzard's sites, are not able to handle the load as well.
The trailer sends chills down your spine, especially if you've been paying attention to the lore of Warcraft since the RTS games back in the 90's and early 2000's. It shows a certain very important figure in Arthas' life, letting him know the Fall of the Lich King is bound to take place.
For additional information about the lore in this patch, check out our article on the Lore of Patch 3.3. To see more of the dungeons and have a bit more of the story explained to you, check out vodka's trailer.
We understand that the YouTube trailer might be taking some time to load. There's a lot of people trying to access everything at once, and most internet services are getting bogged down. WoW.com is on AOL webservers, so we should be fine, but other sites, include Blizzard's sites, are not able to handle the load as well.
Filed under: Machinima, News items, Lore
Reader Comments (Page 3 of 11)
Noamsie Dec 8th 2009 6:01PM
Youtube link for the impatient people:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5N0pPaDyic
DoctorOnline Dec 8th 2009 6:05PM
Oh man oh man, thank you so much!
Hoaxs Dec 8th 2009 6:05PM
Thank you!
antilucid Dec 8th 2009 6:05PM
thanks
JR Dec 8th 2009 6:46PM
If you click on a Youtube embedded video after the video has started streaming, a new tab/window opens with the Youtube page for that video.
cjamieson Dec 8th 2009 6:01PM
Truly made me stop and think about how long I've played Warcraft. This seems like a nice final closing to what I've wanted for so long. To kick that punks ass!
Andrew R. Dec 8th 2009 6:02PM
And the site crashes from everyone flocking to it. Not that I saw that coming of course. I was wondering why there was a mass group of people running towards me...
catharsis80 Dec 8th 2009 6:02PM
LOL! Did anyone else, at first, think that said "FAIL of the LICH KING"? Cause I should did.
catharsis80 Dec 8th 2009 6:03PM
And by "should" I actually mean "sure".
slyman.is.god Dec 8th 2009 6:12PM
I did too!! I thought it was an article about how this patch failed completely and then I realized it was the trailer xD!
lagredell Dec 8th 2009 6:03PM
More like . . .
Wrath of the Battle.net
-or-
Winter of the Patch Day
please, someone stop me
Shizukera Dec 8th 2009 6:14PM
Wrath of the Patch King!
Task Dec 8th 2009 6:04PM
The site came up for me, will be watching it several times while my WotLK reinstalls...
Yes, I had to reinstall everything just like when Ulduar first launched...
Thank you Blizzard.
Lostno Dec 8th 2009 6:04PM
thats funny considering the current issues, when I read it I thought it appropreatly said "Fail of the Lich King"
Sean Dec 8th 2009 6:04PM
Failed! Got halfway thru LK staring at the sword and then it crashed. D/L link wouldn't work.
Charlie Dec 8th 2009 6:04PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5N0pPaDyic
Bobby Dec 8th 2009 6:08PM
it feels like the end of the world :P
Sl0th Dec 8th 2009 6:04PM
I had always wondered how crowded Frostmourne has to have become by this point. It appears quite crowded indeed.
I have a theory though. Considering they went to the trouble of making a model for King Terenas, I'd be willing to bet that part of the fight with the Lich King will be fought with the help of the souls trapped within Frostmourne. And I'd bet Arthas's dad will be leading that particular charge.
Vaeku Dec 8th 2009 6:12PM
You know, I was thinking the same thing while watching the trailer... It's possible that we weaken Arthas to a point where he can no longer silence the voices inside Frostmourne, and the souls will "escape" or something and tear Arthas apart, with his father leading the way. So of course, we don't actually kill him, the souls within him/Frostmourne do it.
Man, watching it sent chills down my spine.
cendrekai Dec 8th 2009 6:15PM
You know, [sort of spoilers], since the Lich King no longer has any bits of Arthas in him (from the novel and questline) it would not be entirely impossible, that one of the spirits the -Lich King- has to fight is the paladin and light bearing Arthas. Would be a nice way for him to redeem himself.