World of Warcraft: Forever Beta Sees Record Player Flood, Dev Cites 'Craziest Numbers'

The beta for World of Warcraft: Forever, announced at BlizzCon 2026 as 'Classic Plus', saw a record influx of players for Blizzard. Developer Josh Greenfield called the numbers 'the craziest I've seen in 17 years working at Blizzard.' Load caused outages and lag, but servers later stabilized. Release is on November 4.

• WoW: Forever beta broke records for player count in Blizzard's 17-year history
• Players faced outages and lag during looting and quests
• Issues blamed on weak test infrastructure, not production
• Game release scheduled for November 4