I, like a lot of people have been waiting a long time for patch 2.3 to be released. I'm ready for the new instance, new items, and other cool new stuff I keep reading about. So, when is World of Warcraft Patch 2.3 going to be released?

I completely understand where you are coming from. It has been awhile and I have also been waiting for what seems to be forever for this patch to come out. The good news is it is a lot closer than you think. You may have already noticed the Blizzard Downloader downloading the first part of the 2.3 patch in the background. The patch date is 11/13 and it has been confirmed by Drysc on the official WoW forums. Here is what he said about the 13th being the day of the patch:

While testing continues and a delay could possibly change these dates, we are currently planning to start Season 3 on November 20 once the realms come back up from their weekly maintenance. This means that Season 2 will come to a close when the realms come down for maintenance on November 20. During that maintenance the final standings are taken and the end of season rewards are distributed.

The start date for Season 3 is purposefully planned to be one week later than the release of patch 2.3, which is currently scheduled for November 13. We will be closely monitoring the testing of the 2.3 patch, and if it looks like it won’t make the November 13 date, we will announce a delay.

That also means that Season 3 is scheduled to begin on Nov. 20th. Hopefully everything will go along as scheduled because I'm ready to check out all the new stuff as well as leveling up a few of my alts.