blizzcon-2026 - WoW Forever news

A shaft of light breaking through the forest canopy in Ashenvale, lighting a path through the undergrowth

Forever's graphics overhaul: HD models, Classic settings and GPU support

Forever updates Azeroth's lighting, water and shadows. Here's how HD and SD character models work, plus the GPU support details to check before launch.

S Slowed 15 Sep 2026

Three characters showing new race and class combinations: a plate-armoured tauren, a gnome, and a dwarf with totems

Classes

470 talents, 27 trees: a look back at Forever's BlizzCon demo

The BlizzCon demo showed 470 talents across 27 trees. A look back at that early build, with links to Blizzard's later class updates.

S Slowed 15 Sep 2026

A human town in the Riverglades with a mounted knight statue and a castle wall behind it

Zones

Every new zone in Forever, and where it sits in the 1-60 journey

Four new zones, nine dungeons and three raids opening December 9. Blizzard's latest details fill in the names and level ranges.

S Slowed 14 Sep 2026

A Skyborne elf in white and gold robes standing before a blossoming tree and a stone monument

Races

The Skyborne: a neutral elven race that picks its own side

Forever's new race starts on a floating island, chooses Alliance or Horde at character creation, and gets a different class list depending on which you pick.

S Slowed 13 Sep 2026

Orgrimmar at sunset under Forever's new lighting, god rays falling across the valley

Announcement

World of Warcraft: Forever announced, launching November 4

Forever brings new quests, dungeons and the Skyborne to original Azeroth. Here's what Blizzard revealed, with launch now set for November 4.

S Slowed 12 Sep 2026