WoW: Forever is Aiming for a 4-Month Patch Cadence
Kris Zierhut tells IGN that WoW: Forever is targeting a patch cadence of about every 4 months (17 weeks), with smaller content unlocking in between as SoD's 8-10 week patches felt too fast.
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Patch Cadence, Future Locations, Respeccing - IGN Interview on WoW: Forever
Blizzard's Kris Zierhut and Tim Jones tell IGN that WoW: Forever will ship updates about every four months, with dual spec at launch and a possible third spec later.
New Class and Item Tuning on WoW: Forever - Hunter Changes
Hunters were nerfed on live Forever servers, with Aspect of the Hawk and raid buff Trueshot Aura both cut back, and the low-level Elixir of Wisdom potion was weakened too.
New Player’s Starter Guide for World of Warcraft: Forever
Blizzard's new starter guide for World of Warcraft: Forever covers installation, choosing an experience preset and Ruleset, character creation, and first-steps basics for new players.
Planet Azeroth: Episode 1 ft. Bill Bailey
Planet Azeroth, a new YouTube video series narrated by comedian Bill Bailey, explores iconic Azeroth creatures and locations like the wolf, the boar and the Barrens Chat.
Name Reservations Included Overly Restrictive Name Check But Fix Incoming
Blizzard says today's WoW: Forever name reservations wrongly blocked some names, including any containing "c-o-n", and a fix arrives with the next realm restarts.
Blizzard Announces Name Reservation Issue for Oceanic Players in WoW: Forever
Blizzard warns Oceanic players on Australian Forever servers that creating a Normal or PvP character first locks out the Roleplay rulesets, and says a fix is being worked on urgently.
Join the WoW Portal Room for Your Next Adventure in WoW: Forever
Blizzard launches the WoW Portal Room, an official World of Warcraft Discord hub with community Ambassadors, now open to World of Warcraft: Forever players.
Name Reservations for WoW: Forever Delayed
Blizzard has delayed name reservations for WoW: Forever, which were due to open today for Skyborne and Warcraft Forever Collection pre-purchasers, citing technical difficulties with no new date set.
World of Warcraft: Forever AMV - WARPATH
Blizzard's WARPATH AMV, made with Brunch Studio and set to Poppy, Amy Lee and Courtney LaPlante's "End of You," hypes the World of Warcraft: Forever launch on November 4.
More Racial Ability Tuning on WoW: Forever
Blizzard's Forever tuning follow-up cuts Blood Fury's cooldown to 2 minutes for Orcs and Touch of the Grave's internal cooldown to 15 seconds for Undead, and clarifies Skyborne's Charged and Attuned persist through death.
Racial Ability Tuning Pass for WoW: Forever
Blizzard announces a final racial ability tuning pass before WoW: Forever launches, removing Dwarf's Earth Fury and Orc's Savage, re-adding Command, and adjusting Tauren Plainsrunning and Skyborne Read Leyline.
Meet the Devs at WoW: Forever Poster Signing - Limited Tickets Available Now
Blizzard's WoW: Forever Poster Signing on November 2, 2026, at the Irvine Improv lets players meet the developers ahead of the November 4 launch. Free limited tickets go live on TIXR October 27 at 12:00 PM PDT.
Watch the WoW: Forever Short Story, “Unbowed”
Cormack, a former Scarlet Crusader raised as Forsaken, questions whether he can still serve the Light in the new Forever short story "Unbowed", now available as a narrated video.
Blizzard Hints The WoW: Forever Podcast Will Continue
The WoW: Forever Podcast's background sign hints the show may run past its six planned episodes, a clue spotted in the fifth episode.
The WoW: Forever Beta PvP Tournament: Results, Winners, Statistics
Warlockguy won the Forever Open, Tipsoutbaby's community PvP tournament on the Forever beta, and Warlocks posted a 79% win rate among the level 30 entrants.
World Bosses, Legendaries, and a Scourge Invasion - The WoW: Forever Beta is Over
Final hours of the WoW: Forever beta brought world bosses like Azuregos and Lord Kazzak, legendaries including Thunderfury, and a Scourge plague re-released from the 2008 contaminated boxes.
This Week's WoW Recap - WoW: Forever, Hallow's End, Fall Savings
Blizzard's weekly recap covers WoW: Forever's name reservations, rulesets, nine new dungeons and December 9 raids, plus Hallow's End and the Fall Savings sale.
Blizzard Thanks Players for Testing the WoW Forever Beta
Blizzard thanks players as the WoW: Forever beta closes after five weeks, with character creation and name reservations opening October 27 ahead of the November 4 launch.
Get Your WoW: Forever Beta Stats
Blizzard's new Timewalking stats page for the WoW: Forever Beta tracks playtime, the mob that killed you most, and even your jump count, with a tool for building shareable images before the beta ends at 10:00 AM PDT.
