At 12:01 p.m. EDT today (which is just about now), all North American and Oceanic servers will be brought offline for maintenance until approximately 3:30 p.m. During the downtime, there's all sorts of Warhammer-related news you can check out:

• Game update 1.2.1 went live Thursday. Here's a wealth of information on the update, including details on the keep upgrade system and several UI improvements.
• The patch heralds the start of the Beyond the Sands live event, which begins Monday. The newest grab bag is a Q&A session devoted to the upcoming Land of the Dead-themed event.
• A number of hotfixes were just implemented, including adjustments to the Karl Franz and Tchar'zanek encounters.

So once the servers are up we'll see you in-game while we prepare for Beyond the Sands to launch. WAAAGH!!!