World of Warcraft: Forever opened globally on November 4 at 23:00 UTC. Access is included with a standard World of Warcraft subscription or Game Time, while the upgrade packs remain optional.

The launch lineup includes Normal, PvP, Roleplay, and Roleplay PvP. Hardcore is coming later. Players choose a ruleset before entering the game instead of picking a traditional realm. We covered Blizzard's fallback for low-population rulesets in an earlier story.

Forever runs from level 1 to 60 across reworked versions of the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor. Blizzard lists more than 1,000 new quests and nine five-player dungeons. Three raids open on December 9, giving level 60 groups their first endgame targets.

The official launch overview positions Forever alongside modern WoW and Classic rather than as a replacement. It is available on PC.

Future dates and the previous test history are listed on the World of Warcraft: Forever page.