Update 5:00 p.m. EDT: The realms after the break will be down until at least 4:00 p.m. PDT / 7:00 p.m. EDT. Realms not on the list after the break should be up by 3:00 p.m. PDT / 6:00 p.m. EDT.

Update 7:42 pm EDT: People who can log in are having severe issues and the realms after the break are still down. Isradun says they will give us an update in 2 hours.

Update 8:18 pm EDT: All realms should be online within the hour.

Update 8:50 pm EDT: No really. They mean it this time. All realms should be up by 9:30 pm EDT. Warning!: The ones that are up are sloooooow.

Update 10:11 pm EDT: Now they are saying 10:30pm EDT.

With all this extended downtime, Mashable has a list of thing you can do while Gmail is down (Gmail is down today too, if you have not heard). They apply perfectly well to WoW as well.

Happy Tuesday everybody!

Maintenance has been extended to 2:00 p.m. PDT / 5:00 pm EDT. Check out the Tuesday Morning Maintenance post for some good things to read while you wait. And we will keep you up to date, should anything change.

With all of the hardware upgrading being done, there are bound to be some DNS issues. If you have trouble logging in when the realms are back up, try the solutions listed here.