THE STORIES BEHIND THE GAME
Good reads for your next queue.
Guides, big moments, and the people behind them.
World of Warcraft: Forever rebuilds every talent tree, drops realms, adds nine dungeons and a thousand quests, and keeps level 60. We went through every change against Classic, and we kept the collection we wrote before the reveal.
Warlockguy, the 20th seed and former League of Legends pro Nien, won The Forever Open by beating fellow Undead Warlock Neepzen 3–1 in the grand final. The standings for all 36 finalists, the nine $5,555 class prizes, the Demonology build both finalists used, the upsets, the weekend's disputes, and what 4,500 qualifier duels say about class balance at level 30.
Everything on The Forever Open, the WoW Forever beta dueling tournament run by Tips Out and hosted by Esfand and Xaryu. How TimTheTatman doubled the prize pool to $100,000, the confirmed prize split, the new Swiss qualifier and double-elimination finals format, the full ban list, and the rows over gold and streamer balance.