Blizzard Reveals 'Ulduar' World of Warcraft Update

February 18, 2009 9:35 AM

World of Warcraft developer Blizzard has unveiled the next major addition to its successful PC MMO, the Ulduar dungeon, which will arrive via the 3.1 patch.

Available to those players with the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, Ulduar is described as the game's "most ambitious raid to date." It kicks off with players utilizing a fleet of siege vehicles to face off against a "massive iron army" before encountering the Flame Leviathan tank, a boss that requires combatants to rely on those siege vehicles.

In all, the dungeon will pack 14 bosses, with 11 of those having an optional hard mode that will provide additional challenge and rewards. Blizzard promises that Ulduar has a wide appeal to a variety of play styles and "has great longevity and high replay value."

The 3.1 patch and Ulduar dungeon are said to hit the public test realms "very soon." No information is available as to when the patch will go live for the rest of the realms.

Chris Faylor

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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Demius

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February 18, 2009 9:38 AM

When I first played WoW, I was always waiting for this dungeon and one other to be released... .... .... holy shit it took THIS LONG to get that in eh?

Might make me re-sub :(
- ReiMomo
  
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  February 18, 2009 9:56 AM
  
  If you haven't tried the latest expansion its pretty damned good. Much better than I expected from them.
  - Demius
    
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    February 18, 2009 10:14 AM
    
    i never tried BC, i quit right after my guild conquered AQ all those years back
    - ReiMomo
      
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      February 18, 2009 10:21 AM
      
      Well back in vanilla WoW raiding was just one giant cock-block after another. BC was a bit better, but wotlk really took the stops off in terms of letting people get access to content without requiring them to sacrifice their souls to a raid-only guild. They've also improved and added a ton of features (useful crafted BoE gear, smooth loot progression curve, standardized tank/dps/healing abilities to prevent certain classes or class combos from being required for specific fights).
    - pancake humper
      
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      February 18, 2009 10:40 AM
      
      The game has completely changed since AQ-WoW.
- Porkasaurus
  
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  February 18, 2009 11:07 AM
  
  How could you be waiting for this dungeon for years?
  - Demius
    
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    February 18, 2009 11:09 AM
    
    I mistook the dungeon for one that was in the first game pre-any expansions, Uldum or something
    - Hyrenguy
      
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      February 18, 2009 12:36 PM
      
      Are you referring to Uldaman perhaps? There's also Uldum, which is a related location. Uldaman is an instance already in the game (aimed at characters in their mid 30s), while Uldum might get added at a later date.
      - swimteampie
        
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        February 18, 2009 3:28 PM
        
        Think he means Uldum, Ulduman has always been in the game.
  - italiano3d
    
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    February 18, 2009 12:33 PM
    
    actually you could there were hints to it. but it was unfinished.
    - Porkasaurus
      
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      February 18, 2009 12:56 PM
      
      You must be playing a different WoW than me.
- etherboy
  
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  February 18, 2009 2:22 PM
  
  He meant Uldum... in Tanaris... which a lot of people believed would be turned into a dungeon at one point...
  - Lukiopimp
    
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    February 19, 2009 12:38 AM
    
    There is so much already in the game that has not yet been opened. Uldum, Grim Batol, Stormwind Gate Instance, Emerald Dream etc. The nice thing is - knowing blizzard they will flesh these things out when the time has come. Well all of them except the Ravenholdt Manor ;-)