World Of Warcraft: Closed Beta Ends

Players all around Azeroth gathered for last epic battles, and huge parties today as the Open Beta came to a close. The World of Warcraft closed beta has lasted since March of this year. Good luck to everyone in the future and keep watching for the upcoming Stress Test!

From the Community Site:

The closed beta servers are now offline; this phase of the beta is at an end. We'd like to thank the thousands of dedicated testers who helped us day in and day out to make World of Warcraft what it is meant to be: a fun game. Your aid was invaluable over these past months -- the game wouldn't be where it is now without you! Please be sure to check back here over the next few days for more information on the upcoming stress test!
Please note: due to the increased traffic to WorldofWarcraft.com while the game servers are offline, the Web site and the beta forums may run slowly or be inaccessible at times. We are in the process of making upgrades to our Web servers to address these issues as soon as possible. Thank you for bearing with us during the upgrade period.