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World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King has officially entered closed alpha testing according to Slashdot and WoW Insider. When will you get a go ? Wow Insider explains the release cycle a bit more –

Alpha is part of the software release life cycle — a software product in development goes from alpha status to beta status (sometimes including a “closed beta,” where a limited few are invited to preview and test the software, and an “open beta,”, where anyone can download and try out the beta), to “release candidates” and then “gold” (the final version, used to print the media to be available for sale).

The main features in Wrath of the Lich King will include raising the level cap from 70 to 80, and introduce a new class: Death Knights.