Grab a sword and prepare to fight the Hoard! or Alliance...

Blizzard has made note on their forums that the Patch 2.0 will be launched on December 5th, 2006. This is a little less then a month before the expansion hits. It contains the majority of TBC updates that are shared with those without the expansion, such as the new honor system and talent updates.

You can view the official word right here. There are more details about patch 2.0 over at our forums!