Blizzard Officially Reveals World of Warcraft: Forever, the 'Classic Plus' Vanilla Branch, Launching November 4 With Beta This Thursday
World of Warcraft: Forever is real, Blizzard confirmed at the BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony, with a November 4, 2026 launch and a public beta starting September 17. Forever is a permanent third WoW experience set in the first year of vanilla Azeroth, with new zones, dungeons, raids and the Skyborne elves as a playable race, sitting alongside Modern and Classic.