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World of Warcraft: Midnight patch 12.1.5 will release on October 13, 2026!

Like a snake, or maybe like a raid full of snakes, time slithers ever-forward — and with the march of time, comes a new patch for World of Warcraft. No sooner had Midnight patch 12.1 and its treasure trove of scaly goodies dropped into our lap like a bundle of joy horror than it…

'World of Warcraft' Console Port Rumors Return After New Brazil Age Rating Surfaces

A new Brazil age rating for "World of Warcraft: Forever" revives console port rumors, but changes to the listing leave the game's platform plans unclear.

It’s another short maintenance day for World of Warcraft servers

It’s another short and sweet maintenance day for World of Warcraft, with just one hour of downtime scheduled for all realms. That’s two weeks in a row of the standard (sometimes) weekly maintenance. Hopefully maintenance goes as scheduled, and we’ll be back online before you know…

World of Warcraft Just Got An Official Dungeon Masters Actual Play Series

D&D: World of Warcraft Dungeon Masters Campaign " data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/WoW-DnD-Dungeon-Masters-Header-600x338.jpg" /> Ahead of its release on 17 November 2026, Wizards of the Coast is celebrating the launch o…

Bad news for shaman tank hopefuls—World of Warcraft: Forever won't have Season of Discovery's zany class design just yet: 'But never say never, y'know'

Forever, not never.

World of Warcraft Forever elaborates on its campsites feature and horizontal progression plans

While World of Warcraft Forever is doing as much as possible to keep the feeling of Classic Plus (or just what people consider Vanilla) alive, there are also several new additions that are being made that haven’t been tried in the MMORPG before, including horizontal progression a…

World of Warcraft: Midnight roadmap shows us what’s coming, and hints at the next launch

One of World of Warcraft: Midnight reveals at BlizzCon was the roadmap of future content leading up to the next expansion, The Last Titan. This roadmap is set to take us up to summer 2027 and past Season 3 and several content updates. First up, we have the imminent patch 12.1.5 c…

World of Warcraft: Forever takes page out of retail's book as Blizzard confirms access to add-ons will be restricted in the throwback MMO

Combat add-ons, who?

World of Warcraft: Forever's controversial Skyborne race came from Blizzard veteran Chris Metzen himself - "We knew we wanted to add some sort of elves"

"We had a lot of fun"

World of Warcraft: Forever has a new race you can't get without paying $30, and it's not the first impression fans were hoping for: "They are just blue elves"

They say Blizzard "dropped the ball" with the Skyborne

World of Warcraft 2 isn't happening because Blizzard isn't sure what a sequel to the MMO would "give you that World of Warcraft: Forever isn't already giving you"

"Why would you throw that away and start over?"

WoW Factor: BlizzCon 2026 paints a bright future for retail World of Warcraft

While everyone is all abuzz with the announcement of World of Warcraft Forever, mainline WoW was by no means left out of the BlizzCon announcements. We got a lot of info about Midnight‘s upcoming patches, and even a small tease of the next expansion. The meatiest news is around M…

It’s another quick maintenance Tuesday for World of Warcraft

This week’s World of Warcraft maintenance is an exact match to last week’s maintenance: all WoW Classic servers are scheduled to be offline for one hour, while Midnight servers are scheduled to be offline for two hours. That’s not a bad maintenance day (as long as it sticks to sc…

World of Warcraft: Forever May Have a Secret New Class Role

World of Warcraft: Forever was just announced at BlizzCon for a November 4 release, and it may be hiding a new class role in plain sight.

World of Warcraft: Forever Is Solving the Problem With Keeping a Classic Frozen in Time

World of Warcraft: Forever is preserving what made classic WoW special without letting the experience stay frozen in the past.

Who are the raid bosses of World of Warcraft: Forever?

World of Warcraft: Forever is launching on November 4 with a 40-player Onyxia’s Lair raid as well as two brand new raids: Hyjal Summit (20-player) and the Barrow Deeps (10-player). While we know a little about the circumstances of these new instances, we did not hear much at Bliz…

How to join the World of Warcraft: Forever beta, which starts on September 17

World of Warcraft: Forever is bringing new and expanded content and gameplay to Classic Azeroth when it launches worldwide on November 4, 2026 as part of your regular World of Warcraft subscription, no additional purchase necessary! If you just can’t wait for November, there’s an…

World of Warcraft Forever Will be the Easiest Way into WoW in 20 Years

Blizzard's 'Classic Plus' concept could be more approachable for new, returning, and casual players than modern WoW

BlizzCon 2026: World of Warcraft Forever encouraged Blizzard to ‘go again!’ with its hardcore mode

One of the many surprises of World of Warcraft Forever’s announcement at BlizzCon this past weekend is that the new version of the MMO is, in fact, getting its own hardcore mode. During the final Forever panel at BlizzCon, the studio devoted time to laying out all of the specific…

World of Warcraft: Forever will get a hardcore mode by winter, say devs—which'll be interesting, given all the new and undiscovered ways to die

Perma-death.

Casually Classic: Basking in the glow of World of Warcraft Forever

I like to think that it’s good form and basic graciousness to be excited about game reveals that aren’t for you but bring a lot of joy to a certain group. FFXIV announces Evercold? Not my MMO, but I’m genuinely happy for y’all. EverQuest Legends is revealed and then launches? I d…

Talent calculators have already been assembled for World of Warcraft: Forever, and there's some real interesting stuff in here

Azeroth's got talents.

World of Warcraft Forever aims to combat dungeon boosting, says ‘no plans’ for WoW Tokens

Even with multiple panels at BlizzCon this past weekend, Blizzard still hasn’t revealed all of the important information about its upcoming World of Warcraft Forever. Case in point, during an interview with a YouTuber the devs said that there are “no plans” to include the WoW Tok…

World of Warcraft: Forever devs say a direct sequel like Guild Wars 2 is unlikely: 'Why would you throw that away and start over?'

"We keep making it better."

World of Warcraft: Forever devs have "no plans" to implement Tokens or level boosts, confirms Blizzard, as "the journey is so important"

"The journey really is what the game is"

World of Warcraft: Forever is coming this November, with beta test launching this week

A new way of experiencing Azeroth is on its way! Here's how to be all set for WoW Forever Beta and the release this Fall.

After 20 Years, World of Warcraft: Forever Finally Lets Vanilla Players Explore Mount Hyjal

Blizzard Entertainment officially revealed World of Warcraft: Forever during the BlizzCon 2026 keynote, answering years of community requests for a dedicated Classic Plus experience. The post After 20 Years, World of Warcraft: Forever Finally Lets Vanilla Players Explore Mount Hy…

World of Warcraft: Forever gives you transmog options, including turning it off

Transmog is coming to World of Warcraft: Forever, or not, depending on how you want to play. Some players love to be able to customize the look of their character, but other players like their progression to be reflected in how they look. This may seem like an impossible conflict…

BlizzCon 2026 Liveblog: StarCraft’s open-world shooter, Diablo V’s reveal, and World of Warcraft’s version of Classic Plus

Today’s the day when we all answer the most important question: What sort of impressive outfit will Holly Longdale be wearing? Oh, and there’s all of the reveals to come out of Blizzard’s slate of games, too. That’s also important to know. Yes, it’s BlizzCon time once again and w…

World of Warcraft Forever Officially Brings Gamepad Controls Blizzard's MMO

World of Warcraft is usually played with a keyboard and mouse, but the new "Classic Plus" WoW release can be fully played with a gamepad.

Blizzard Announces World Of Warcraft: Forever, Expanding Vanilla WoW With New Zones, Raids, 1,000 New Quests Set

Blizzard is rewinding the clock to 2004 and halting it there with World of Warcraft: Forever, a new game edition expanding the vanilla WoW experience with new and overhauled zones, 1,000 new quests spread across the entire 1–60 level bracket, 9 additional dungeons and 10-20 playe…

How does World of Warcraft: Forever fit into current Warcraft lore?

There’s been a lot of buzz around the announcement of World of Warcraft: Forever, Blizzard’s take on the long-rumored Classic+ that expands on the Season of Discovery model. But one question keeps getting asked about this new game mode: How does it fit into the current World of W…

10 big World of Warcraft Forever details from BlizzCon: No separate realms, optional transmog, and massively improved items

The classic-ish MMO has a ton of changes to make the original experience much smoother.

World of Warcraft: Forever lets players choose last names

As part of World of Warcraft: Forever’s move to a realmless world, Blizzard is introducing an interesting solution to an age-old problem: what happens when two people want the same character name? The answer is a long-requested feature — last names. A feature that has traditional…

World of Warcraft: Forever will be realmless

While discussing server systems infrastructure during the World of Warcraft: Forever Deep Dive panel, Blizzard casually dropped a bombshell: there won’t be any realms. Instead, players will be able to choose one of four gameplay styles: Normal, PVP, Roleplay, or Hardcore (coming…

World of Warcraft patch 12.2 Housing updates include multiselect and copy/paste functions

Towards the end of the World of Warcraft What’s Next panel Jake Miller squeezed in a couple of housing system updates slated for Eclipse, patch 12.2, that had been been on the Housing player’s wishlists since the launch of the feature. We also got a bit of a better look at some o…

World of Warcraft Forever hype is dampened by $30 elves: New Skyborne race locked behind expansion-tier purchase

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World of Warcraft: Forever Devs Explain Why the Game Makes WoW 2 Unlikely

World of Warcraft: Forever developers Kris Zierhut and Mike Nuthals detail the game's new features and explain why a WoW 2 sequel is unnecessary.

BlizzCon 2026: World of Warcraft Forever’s deep-dive panel talks group play, progression, and item updates

The big reveal of World of Warcraft Forever has definitely been a seismic impact, and it seems inevitable that folks are going to have a lot of questions about this extending beyond this weekend. But it’s also clear that the developers are aware of that, with a second panel today…

World of Warcraft Forever is already scaring lapsed MMORPG players

The announcement of World of Warcraft Forever has split the room, but the throwback MMORPG is most terrifying to those that left it behind.

How much does World of Warcraft: Forever cost?

How do you put a price on forever? Well, in the case of World of Warcraft: Forever, we’ve been given a few tiers of entry depending on just how much you want to get out of your eternal adventure. Starting with the easiest option: World of Warcraft: Forever is included with your e…

Fans raise a ruckus over the paywalling of World of Warcraft Forever’s Skyborne ‘cash elves’

As World of Warcraft Forever continues to dominate the conversation among fans after its BlizzCon reveal, another round of chatter is quickly gaining momentum: the matter of the Skyborne race, or as one fan put called them the “cash elves,” which is locked behind a paywall and no…

World Of Warcraft Might Be Coming To Console As New Xbox 'Controller Support' Revealed

Surely it's just a matter of time? Ever since Xbox acquired Blizzard a few years ago, we've constantly questioned why they haven't decided to bring World of Warcraft to consoles, but it looks like that might actually be about to change in the not too distant future. Following yes…

A first look at World of Warcraft: Forever’s Legacy system from BlizzCon

Legacy is a new system introduced in the upcoming World of Warcraft: Forever title which is kind of a mash up of Achievements, a skill tree, and a seasonal journey. I was able to get some hands on with the WoW: Forever demo at the con and got to see the barebones structure of Leg…

World of Warcraft: Forever’s roadmap gives us an idea of what to expect for the rest of 2026 and through summer 2027

World of Warcraft: Forever is the newest WoW Classic variant, and it’s launching on November 4, 2026. Forever is described as a permanent home alongside the other iterations of WoW Classic, giving us an alternate universe version of the original World of Warcraft. As part of its…

World of Warcraft Reveals Big Changes For One of Midnight's Most Popular Classes

Blizzard reveals that more players will soon be able to play as one of Midnight's most popular classes in the expansion's climactic content update.

First impressions of the World of Warcraft: Forever demo from the BlizzCon floor

After the BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremony, I charged over to the World of Warcraft: Forever demo stations. With rumors of Classic+ swirling for what felt like eons, it was a strange feeling to actually be standing in front of a whole bank of computers with the next Azerothian adve…

World of Warcraft: Forever, the long speculated Classic Plus, has been unveiled and will launch worldwide on November 4, 2026

At BlizzCon‘s main stage, Blizzard unveiled and announced World of Warcraft: Forever, the newest evolution of World of Warcraft Classic. WoW: Forever, referred to memetically for the longest time as Classic Plus, will launch worldwide on November 4, 2026 at 3 pm pacific time. Lik…

BlizzCon 2026: World of Warcraft shows off what’s next for Midnight

It’s gotta be weird to think that to a certain degree, World of Warcraft upstaged itself at this year’s BlizzCon. The current expansion, Midnight, isn’t nearly as exciting as the upcoming World of Warcraft: Forever. But that doesn’t mean that there isn’t new stuff coming up for M…