{
  "id": 6978233,
  "title": "Blizzard Officially Reveals 'WoW Classic Plus' as World of Warcraft Forever",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/blizzard-officially-reveals-wow-classic-plus-as-world-of-warcraft",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-12T19:03:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Polygon",
    "slug": "polygon",
    "url": "https://www.polygon.com/world-of-warcraft-forever-announced-classic-plus-blizzcon-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Blizzard Entertainment has confirmed that a new version of World of Warcraft, known as World of Warcraft Forever, is in development. According to Polygon, the game was announced at BlizzCon 2026's opening ceremony, and it is described as coming \"very, very soon\".\n\nThe game is a new branch of the MMO that resets the clock to 2004, the year WoW first launched, as reported by PC Gamer. Unlike WoW: Classic, WoW: Forever will explore new parts of Azeroth, telling stories that weren't told during the MMO's original progression.\n\nPC Gamer reports that WoW: Forever will be set in the first year of WoW with a level cap of 60, and will feature new content including three new zones, several overhauled existing zones, nine new dungeons, and two new raids. The game will also introduce a new race, the Skyborne Elves, and new race/class combinations, such as a Forsaken paladin, dwarf shaman, and orc mage.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "PC Gamer",
        "title": "The WoW 'Classic+' rumors were true: World of Warcraft: Forever promises to be another timeline's bizzarro version of the MMO",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/the-wow-classic-rumors-were-true-world-of-warcraft-forever-promises",
        "published": "2026-09-12T18:58:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "XDA Developers",
        "title": "World of Warcraft: Forever takes notes from OSRS by fleshing out the original 2004 world",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/world-of-warcraft-forever-takes-notes-from-osrs-by-fleshing-out-the",
        "published": "2026-09-13T02:11:20.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}