World of Warcraft: Forever is Blizzard's Classic Plus, with a level cap of 60 and a new Azeroth

Blizzard has announced World of Warcraft: Forever, a new version of the MMO that starts from the first year of Vanilla WoW without merely re-proposing the content of 2004. As explained during the BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremony, Forever will become the third World of Warcraft experience alongside Modern and Classic.

The main difference is that the maximum level will remain fixed at 60. Blizzard wants to continue expanding Azeroth without forcing players to constantly abandon equipment and progress. According to what PC Gamer anticipated, the new content will also affect characters of all levels and can also tell alternative stories compared to the original chronology.

The idea is therefore to evolve the world laterally, without chasing a new level race. Blizzard explained that it wants to avoid continuously leaving behind progress, equipment, and groups of friends, while continuing to add updates and new forms of advancement.

Forever can also take different paths from those followed by the original World of Warcraft. The developers hinted that events and stories that could have occurred, but never happened in the known chronology, may appear, transforming this version of Azeroth into a kind of alternative timeline.

At launch, three new zones, over 1,000 quests, nine dungeons, two raids, and the new Skyborne race are planned. World of Warcraft: Forever will be released on November 4, 2026, while the beta will begin on September 17.