At the opening ceremony of BlizzCon 2026, Blizzard announced “World of Warcraft: Forever”, a project in the Classic+ format that will bring players an updated classic Azeroth, including new areas, dungeons, team copies and more than 1,000 new tasks.
In an interview following the announcement, lead project designer Kris Zierhut and lead team designer Mike Nuthals explained why this version assumes exit World of Warcraft 2 No need, as it has a powerful modern engine, efficient server infrastructure, and over 25 years of continuous game development.
Furthermore, the manager noted that the team is currently fully focused on the PC version, but left the door open with the words “never say never” and hinted at many possibilities for the future.
Hazzikostas specifically highlighted the full support for game controllers in the upcoming version of World of Warcraft: Forever. According to him, the developers took into account the years of experience of players and used third-party modifications, e.g. console port We overcame various difficulties in order to play with the controller, and now we intend to make the process as easy and convenient as possible for everyone.