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WOW FOREVER · ANNOUNCED AT BLIZZCON 2026 · LAUNCHES NOVEMBER 4

Classic+ has a name now.

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.

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The WoW Forever Beta Memory Leak: How Fast It Leaks, Who It Hits, and the Relog Fix

The WoW Forever beta client leaks memory. Frame rate slides from 120 to 30 over an hour, VRAM climbs until it spills, and logging out to character select resets it. The measured leak rates, every affected platform, what Blizzard has and has not said, and the workarounds ranked.

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