WoW: Forever devs surprised by beta's popularity

The World of Warcraft: Forever beta was overwhelmed by player demand, causing server issues. Devs said the test environment with two connections couldn't handle the load; scaling to eight fixed it.

• WoW: Forever beta overloaded its test server amid player surge
• Server connections scaled from two to eight, queues cleared
• Forever is Classic+ with 1,000+ new quests and new zones
• Dev called beta numbers the biggest in 17 years at Blizzard