World of Warcraft

WoW: Forever’s Divisive Layering Will See Major Improvements For Launch, Blizzard Says

World of Warcraft: Forever's layering system will receive some significant improvements for launch, according to a statement provided to GameSpot from Blizzard. Layering, for the uninitiated, is a behind-the-scenes system in WoW: Forever that essentially creates and runs new versions (or layers) of...

World of Warcraft Forever is getting RP-PvP as a ruleset after all

It was pretty recently that Blizzard’s own discussions about World of Warcraft Forever stated that we were definitely not getting RP-PvP as a realm option. This made a certain amount of sense, given the game’s overall structure of being a realmless experience. But it turns out that Blizzard has...

World of Warcraft: Forever Officially Nerfs Its Best Race Before Launch

World of Warcraft: Forever has officially nerfed its best race ahead of launch, leading to a massive shake-up. The game was announced at BlizzCon earlier this year and almost immediately went live with a beta from September 17 to October 21, now ending a stress test in the next few days, with the...

World of Warcraft: Forever Officially Nerfs Its Best Race Before Launch

A new World of Warcraft: Forever update has heavily nerfed the game's best race.

WoW: Forever Is Keeping Its Secrets Close To The Chest

World of Warcraft: Forever players may have searched its beta with a fine-toothed comb, but Blizzard said there are still plenty of secrets waiting to be found come launch and beyond. In a new WoW: Forever Podcast dedicated to the end of the beta, Blizzard made clear it's keeping many of the game's...

You Can Try World of Warcraft: Forever for Free, but There’s a Catch

You don't need a WoW subscription to try World of Warcraft: Forever for free. Check the stress test schedule and prepare for crowded servers.

WoW: Forever Is Getting A New Server Option By Popular Demand

World of Warcraft: Forever players are getting a fourth server "ruleset" option for launch: role-playing-player vs. player, or RP-PvP for short. Blizzard announced the news on social media, stating the server would be open for name reservations starting on October 27. It joins three other rulesets...

World of Warcraft: Forever Breathes New Life Into an Iconic Classic

World of Warcraft first launched more than 20 years ago, becoming the king of the MMORPG genre and establishing Azeroth as one of the most iconic worlds in gaming. Now, Blizzard Entertainment is reimagining that world with World of Warcraft: Forever, which launches on November 4 and builds on what...

World of Warcraft: Forever Breathes New Life Into an Iconic Classic

Blizzard Reverses Course On WoW: Forever Servers Within a Week

RP PVP servers are back on the menu for World of Warcraft: Forever!

World of Warcraft Forever touts its campfires as a place to ‘rest, prepare, and connect’

One of the most talked-about — and promoted — features of the upcoming World of Warcraft Forever is its camping system. With this feature, players can plop down a cooking fire and build up a small temporary camp around it for the purpose of buffing and even (gasp) chit-chat. For those who haven’t...

Everyone gets a free ticket to World of Warcraft: Forever today as Blizzard stress tests the servers ahead of launch day

Get a taste of what it's like to compete with hundreds of other players to finish a quest.

New Official $395 World of Warcraft Release Confirmed for 2027

Any new World of Warcraft release is bound to draw fan curiosity, so when one arrives with a hefty price tag, it's all the more interesting. A brand-new World of Warcraftrelease has been confirmed for 2027, costing $395, which could leave some fans priced out.

WoW Forever Beta Extended to Friday, Name Reservations Go Live Tuesday

The World of Warcraft Forever beta has been incredibly popular, but just like any other, it has to come to an end as the full launch approaches. Thankfully, Blizzard has extended the beta by a couple of days. WoW Forever's beta was supposed to end yesterday, October 20, but Blizzard announced on...

New Official $395 World of Warcraft Release Confirmed for 2027

World of Warcraft is getting a pricey new release in 2027, coming in at a massive $395.

WoW Forever Beta Extended to Friday, Name Reservations Go Live Tuesday

The World of Warcraft Forever beta has been incredibly popular, but just like any other beta, it has to come to an end as the full launch approaches. But Blizzard has extended the beta by a couple of days.

WoW: Forever Is Continuing A Long-Running Questing Tradition

World of Warcraft: Forever will see players battling to become an ogre arena champion once more, this time in the new Riverglades zone. Forever's launch is just a few weeks away on November 4, and every day it seems like Blizzard reveals new information about the game. In a new video titled "Your...

Casually Classic: Six questions to help you choose your WoW Forever main character

This week marks a transition for the gestation of World of Warcraft Forever, as we’ll see the arrival of the stress test and the end of the beta run. Following that is a little less than two weeks of thumb-twiddling waiting for launch, interrupted only by the early name reservation rush. With all...

Blizzard extends WoW Forever beta

The World of Warcraft Forever beta has been off to a fantastic start over the past few weeks, with thousands of players jumping in and exploring the new content while it is available. While the beta was supposed to wrap up today, Blizzard has decided to extend it for a bit longer. Those with access...

World of Warcraft: Forever's beta has been extended, as community members mourn the loss of their hunter pets

World of Warcraft: Forever's beta has been extended until this Friday, much to the joy of the community of early players. Read more

Perfect Ten: The races I’d love to see in World of Warcraft Forever

So we have not, at this point, been told anything about the upcoming added races in World of Warcraft Forever. In fact, we do not even technically know that the game will ever add new races or classes… but come on. I feel like it is functionally a given that there are going to be more new races […]

World of Warcraft Forever winds down beta, runs stress test today, and preps name reservation for next week

It doesn’t take a careful ear to hear the sounds of Blizzard shifting gears in World of Warcraft Forever’s road trip from announcement to launch. The reimagined classic MMO ends its three-week beta test on Friday morning, but not before running a stress test this evening. If you want to check out...

Hearthstone brings on the Old Gods for you to command in Reign of the Black Empire

Like any good fantasy universe, World of Warcraft has a wealth of created history and worldbuilding to draw from. And there's plenty of that in Hearthstone, especially with the launch of their most eldritch expansion yet, Reign of the Black Empire and its introduction of the terrifying Old Gods!...

In this age of pervasive slop maybe we should be grateful for Shrek 2 Remastered

Shrek 2 Remastered is coming out in November, it has been announced. I wasn't aware there was a Shrek 2 game for PS2, the OG Xbox, GameCube and PC, probably because in 2004 I was too busy thinking about all the other games coming out. You know, stuff like Half-Life 2, World of Warcraft, Halo 2,...

World of Warcraft’s Hallow’s End arrives once more

It’s been a long time since World of Warcraft first started celebrating Hallow’s End, but while some things like dueling with the Headless Horseman haven’t changed all that much. Other things have for this year’s iteration of the event, like the addition of new candy buckets throughout Quel’Thalas....

World of Warcraft Forever previews the high-end leveling journey

So what awaits players in World of Warcraft Forever once the leveling journey of the existing beta is over? Well, more leveling. The latest video from the team previews exactly what is coming in two of the higher-level zones that are new to the game, the Riverglades and Mount Hyjal. The Riverglades...

WoW: Forever Is Soaring, But Midnight Is Struggling

World of Warcraft: Forever is riding high thanks to its popular beta and upcoming launch, but retail WoW's Midnight expansion feels like it's in a state of crisis by comparison. The two different versions of WoW couldn't be in more different places. Forever seems to be extremely popular, with...

WoW: Forever Hall of Thanes Dungeon Guide – Quests, Map, Bosses, and Loot

Historically, the first time you’d step into a World of Warcraft dungeon as part of The Alliance is The Deadmines. However, World of Warcraft: Forever introduces a new low-level instance called The Hall of Thanes that dishes out blue quality gear like candy on Halloween, getting your character off...

New Western PC Survival Game Lets You Earn Money While Playing

While Paydirt Games studio's Kevin Beardslee will forever be known for co-creating arguably the most beloved MMO of all time, World of Warcraft, his company recently released an intriguing new PvE survival game called Fatal Frontier 1869. This single-player game stands out not just by being a free...

New Western PC Survival Game Lets You Earn Money While Playing

A bold new frontier Survival game from a former World of Warcraft developer can be downloaded for PC free of charge.

Gold in WoW Forever: An Economy Without a Token

World of Warcraft: Forever, the Classic+ project Blizzard announced at BlizzCon on 12 September 2026, launches on 4 November 2026 and is included in a standard subscription or Game Time. It reuses the slow, gear-driven structure of Classic, but it adds a new race, new zones, nine new dungeons and...

World of Warcraft: Forever Is Finally Making Alts Worth It

WoW Forever's Legacy System does just enough to make leveling Alts feel like less of a chore, even as the dungeon XP debate remains unresolved.

“This isn’t sustainable.” WoW’s 8‑week patch cadence is reaching a breaking point

Whether it's rushed and atrocious story beats, mediocre mid-season "features," or just bugs galore: World of Warcraft is killing itself gunning for an 8-week patch cycle.

World of Warcraft Forever devs "want blood" between Horde and Alliance players, as long as you aren't "truly degenerate"

Blizzard devs Josh Greenfield and Tim Jones explain how they hope World of Warcraft Forever PvP can "feel casual" without too many rules. Read the full story on PCGamesN: World of Warcraft Forever devs "want blood" between Horde and Alliance players, as long as you aren't "truly degenerate"

World of Warcraft Forever devs "want blood" between Horde and Alliance players, as long as you aren't "truly degenerate"

Blizzard devs Josh Greenfield and Tim Jones explain how they hope World of Warcraft Forever PvP can “feel casual” without too many rules.

Jeff Kaplan Comments on Overwatch

Former Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan said he has not touched the popular team-shooter in five years for the sake of his mental health. During his time with Blizzard as the company's vice president, Kaplan was an instrumental figure across both Overwatch and World of Warcraft during the...

It's Officially The End of an Era for World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft just saw the release of patch 12.1.5, complete with new story content, and it's officially the end of a 20-year era for the game. Recently, Blizzard unveiled the trailers for the 12.2 Midnight patch and a teaser for the final expansion in the Worldsoul Saga, called Last Titan,...

It's Officially The End of an Era for World of Warcraft

After almost 20 years, a major chapter of World of Warcraft suddenly comes to an end.

World of Warcraft Forever beta patch makes sweeping changes to racials and classes

It’s less than a week now before the World of Warcraft Forever beta wraps up, and Blizzard is using these final few days to test a significant patch that involves fairly big changes to the MMO’s racials and classes. Many of the racials have been changed or replaced in the patch due to beta...

We Sat Down with D&D Game Designer James Wyatt to Talk Dungeons & Dragons: World of Warcraft

At New York Comic Con, I got a chance to sit down with Wizards of the Coast Principal Game Designer James Wyatt to talk about the first Universes Beyond expansion for D&D.

You Can Play WoW: Forever For Free Next Week (But There’s A Catch)

World of Warcraft: Forever's beta will be free for a limited time next week, giving players who want to check out the new version of Blizzard's old-school MMORPG but don't want to pay $60 for beta access a chance to see what all the hype is about. Blizzard announced a WoW: Forever stress test will...

WoW: Forever Just Changed The Math On What Race To Play In A Big Way

World of Warcraft: Forever's beta is set to end in just a few days on October 21, but that hasn't stopped Blizzard from making some major changes to the game's various racial abilities. Unlike in the modern version of WoW, where racial abilities are so minor that they mostly feel cosmetic, racial...

World of Warcraft Forever shares plans for its PvP experiences and a slow roll of gear upgrades

PvP changes are incoming for World of Warcraft Forever, which isn’t a real surprise considering that the game is changing a lot of fundamental elements of gameplay. This includes a general reduction in honor gains for Alterac Valley and an increase in honor gains for other battlegrounds. There are...

You've got one chance to try World of Warcraft Forever without a subscription before launch

Blizzard confirms the World of Warcraft Forever stress test will allow anyone to sign in without beta access, a subscription, or game time.

World of Warcraft: Forever devs say gear upgrades will stay relevant 'for a long, long time': 'It's very much our intention to try wherever we can to not invalidate old content'

Blizzard says items won't work like the modern version of the MMO.

World of Warcraft Forever clocks over a million characters created in the beta so far

With a week to go before World of Warcraft Forever’s beta spins down and the true preparations for launch gear up, there’s one thing that’s clear beyond a doubt: This has been one popular test run. Third-party sites tracked over a million characters created in the beta to date, with a pretty even...

Despite controversy, World of Warcraft Forever's $30 Skyborne race is one of the Beta's most popular

World of Warcraft: Forever hasn't come without its controversies, with the most notable of all perhaps surrounding the new Skyborne race – but the Beta proves it's not that unpopular. The WoW: Forever Beta has been underway for nearly a month now, giving fan-led projects like http://classic.io,...

Despite controversy, World of Warcraft Forever's $30 Skyborne race is one of the Beta's most popular

The blue elves make up nearly 20% of the MMO

Vague Patch Notes: The business models of MMO expansion bundling

Here’s an interesting thing to consider, at least to me – while we don’t know much about World of Warcraft’s next expansion just yet, we’re also seeing a rather interesting situation wherein two different versions of the same game are engaging in two very different models for how expansions should...

How WoW: Forever Is “Pushing The Envelope,” And What Comes After Launch

It's not often one of the biggest games of all time gets a do-over. It's even rarer for a game to get a third attempt. But that, in many ways, is what World of Warcraft: Forever is. Developer Blizzard is pulling from 22 years of hindsight for what is the third major version of its landmark MMORPG,...

Accused of using AI in World of Warcraft: Forever videos, Blizzard employee says "hell nah"

On the journey to the big World of Warcraft: Forever release next month, Blizzard has been working hard on social media advertisements for the new MMO – advertisements it assures fans do not contain any generative AI content. The company's digital marketing manager confirms as much on X, explaining...

Accused of using AI in World of Warcraft: Forever videos, Blizzard employee says "hell nah"

"We don't use AI on ANY social content we make"

World of Warcraft Forever previews the new dungeons coming with its launch

Guess how many new dungeons are going to be in World of Warcraft Forever when it launches? One? Nope! Two? Still too low. Four hundred? No, that’s… that’s too many. You overcorrected. The answer is nine, and a new video is showing off three of the launch dungeons available when the game opens its...

World of Warcraft: Forever confirms Temporary Economy Holds system to combat gold buying

Blizzard has rolled out a new system for combatting gold buying and real money trading (RMT) in WoW: Forever.

World of Warcraft Forever schedules a ‘server slam’ stress test for next week

Feeling that itch of curiosity when it comes to World of Warcraft Forever but you don’t want to buy into the beta? You should be able to play it for free next week when Blizzard activates a “server slam” test before closing things down for launch preparations. Astute observers have noted that the...

WoW: Forever Has A Streamer Problem

World of Warcraft: Forever isn't out yet, but it's already clear it has a major problem. It isn't anything in the game itself. It's not the addition of Skyborne elves that require players to pay $30, or controversial class changes like Warrior's Rage normalization. The WoW Classic community is a...

Casually Classic: The good, the bad, and the pretty of the Skyborne

All right, I’ve put it off long enough — let’s talk about the Skyborne in World of Warcraft Forever. I know I wasn’t the only fan who watched the BlizzCon reveal with growing excitement that suddenly split off into a “what are these blue elves about?” tangent. I think it was a weird mistake for […]

A World of Warcraft: Forever Stress Test Is Reportedly Coming on October 19

Like many other always-online games, World of Warcraft: Forever is bringing a server stress test before launch, and it’s allegedly dropping on October 19. For the uninitiated, a server stress test is a diagnostic process a company or developer uses to determine possible breaking points in a server...

World of Warcraft: Midnight Drops Into The Labyrinth of Kindo'jan

World of Warcraft: Midnight has released a brand-new update this week, bringing players to the Labyrinth of Kindo’jan and more.

Modder Jabe Games Grafts Dark Souls Combat Onto Blizzard’s World of Warcraft, Complete With Rolls, I-Frames, and Corpse Runs

Have you ever dreamed of adding Soulslike combat to Blizzard's World of Warcraft? That's precisely the purpose of WoW Souls, a single player prototype in development by modder Jabe Games. This week, the modder published two videos demonstrating the prototype running in Northshire Valley, the...