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Blizzard has announced World of Warcraft: Forever, a new take on original Azeroth that will exist alongside modern WoW and WoW Classic. Players will return to the original continents and level to 60, with an emphasis on exploration, community, and the adventure of leveling. Blizzard describes Forever as a permanent home for players seeking familiar surroundings with new discoveries. Official announcement.
WoW Forever will expand that world with new regions, dungeons, raids, and stories, giving longtime players fresh reasons to explore Azeroth. Blizzard also revealed the playable Skyborne race and its Zephras Isle starting experience, offered through optional upgrade packs. The direction gives fans of the original game a glimpse of how its world could grow beyond the adventures they already know.
World of Warcraft: Forever launches on November 4, 2026, with access included in an existing WoW subscription or game time. Optional paid editions offer additional benefits, including beta access beginning September 17. For players who have been waiting for new adventures rooted in classic Azeroth, Forever is shaping up to be a release worth watching. Launch and edition details.
Recently players have been killed en-mass via DDOS attacks on hardcore realms. Blizzard has been silent on the issue but the community has been talking about it and hoping for some sort of action.
Blizzard has finally came out and issued a statement with a plan to revive the players who were killed in the malicious attack.
I think it’s great that Blizzard is addressing the issue and doing something to make things as right as they can.
Greetings, Recently, we have experienced unprecedented distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that impacted many Blizzard game services, including Hardcore realms, with the singular goal of disrupting players’ experiences. As we continue our work to further strengthen the resilience of WoW realms and our rapid response time, we’re taking steps to resurrect player-characters that were lost as a result of these attacks. Unlike the many other ways characters can die in Hardcore, DDoS attacks are an intentionally malicious effort made by third-party bad actors, and we believe the severity and results of DDoS attacks specifically warrant a different response. In the future, Blizzard may elect – at our sole discretion – to revive Hardcore characters that perish in a mass event which we deem inconsistent with the integrity of the game, such as a DDoS attack. Our broader stance on character restorations or death appeals has not changed. To be clear, we do not intend to revive characters which have died due to server disconnects, lag spikes, gameplay bugs, or any other reasons. Blizzard Customer Support cannot assist with issues related to characters who have died on Hardcore realms. Thank you, as always, for your feedback. Clay Stone Associate Production Director, WoW Classic
Source: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/in-response-to-the-ddos-attacks/2082423/1
Your Classic Journey will continue on from fighting the Lich King to fighting Death wing as World of Warcraft Classic Wrath of the Lich King becomes World of Warcraft Classic Cataclysm!
With Cataclysm comes soo many Upgrades to the classic game!
This Cataclysmic update will add in Goblins & Worgens as well as new Dungeons and Raids! The level cap will be raised to 85 from 80 and so much more!
Mounts Pets and Transmogs will now be account wide!
New Dungeon Difficulty System
and so much more is coming with Cataclysm Classic!
