Development and Release

8 World of Warcraft: Forever pages in Development and Release.

• BetaThe World of Warcraft: Forever beta, which ran from Sep 17, 2026 until 10:00 a.m. PDT on Oct 23: how players got in, the launch-day queues, what each weekly build opened, the level 30 cap since Oct 1, the City of Dalaran, the last weekly build of Oct 15, the action against gold buyers, the Stress Test of Oct 21 on Forever's launch hardware, how the beta ended, and what changed between the beta and launch.
• BlizzCon 2026 RevealHow World of Warcraft: Forever was revealed at BlizzCon 2026 on Sep 12 and 13: the opening ceremony and its two trailers, the show-floor demo, the Creator Showcase, five Forever panels and the live Q&A set for Sep 17.
• Development HistoryHow World of Warcraft: Forever came about: the wish to stay at level 60 from about 2020, Hardcore and Season of Discovery as the Classic team's proving grounds, the decision by mid-2024, Chris Metzen's found photographs and the tie to Forsaken Kingdom.
• Known IssuesKnown issues in World of Warcraft: Forever as of Oct 31, 2026: Blizzard's two name reservation posts, the Oceanic ruleset order bug and the over-strict name check, and what Blizzard's beta known issues list still showed unfixed when the beta closed.
• Launch TimeWorld of Warcraft: Forever launches worldwide at one moment, Nov 4, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. PST (23:00 UTC): 6:00 p.m. EST, 11:00 p.m. in London, midnight in Paris and Berlin, and Thursday morning, Nov 5, in Asia and Australia. What to do before it and what to expect at launch.
• Release and RoadmapEvery announced date for World of Warcraft: Forever: the beta from Sep 17 to Oct 23, 2026 (closed), early name reservation and character creation from Oct 27, Invite-A-Friend, the global launch on Nov 4, 2026, the first raids on Dec 9, standard-definition Skyborne models in early 2027 and Blizzard's roadmap beyond, including Hardcore.
• System RequirementsWorld of Warcraft: Forever's official requirements, as the Battle.net Shop lists them: minimum Windows 10, a 4 GB DirectX 12 card such as a GTX 10 series, 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB on an SSD; recommended Windows 11, an RTX 40 series and 16 GB. Mac figures, and why older graphics cards are refused.
• Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken KingdomForever's story begins after Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom, the campaign released at BlizzCon 2026: the fall of Lordaeron and the rise of the Undercity, patch 3.0 and the Forsaken Paladin hero, and how its story carries into Forever.

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