Release Date

Mark your calendars, World of Warcraft players -- whether you've just joined the fun or you've been along for the ride since the beginning, the next chapter of Azeroth's story, Midnight, will have its Early Access go live at 3pm pacific (6pm eastern) on February 26.

WoW Classic's latest expansion, Mists of Pandaria Classic, launched on in summer 2025 alongside a roadmap outlining a bit more detail for Mists of Pandaria Classic but it really only included the pre-patch and expansion launch, which felt a little slim for the last half of 2025.

World of Warcraft Classic Anniversary realms have officially become The Burning Crusade Classic anniversary realms with the successful rollout of the TBC Classic pre-patch on January 13, 2026, and players have already  begun preparations to traverse the Dark Portal on February 5, 2026 when the expansion launches.

Continuing on a trend of transparency that started prior to Dragonflight, the World of Warcraft team today gave us a look at a 2026 roadmap that shows both the expected cadence of Midnight's content patches, as well as some new and exciting features and game modes and the return of an older feature that we haven't seen outside of a single experiment during Battle for Azeroth.

Get ready to roll those Void Elf Demon Hunters, because the Midnight pre-patch launches on January 20, 2026, immediately after Legion Remix ends.

World of Warcraft Classic anniversary realms will take the first step to becoming The Burning Crusade Classic anniversary realms when the TBC Classic pre-patch rolls out on January 13, 2026 and players will have about 3 weeks to prepare themselves before the actual TBC Classic expansion to launches on February 5, 2026!

Soon, it will be time for World of Warcraft's Midnight expansion to launch, kicking off the second part of the Worldsoul Saga as baddie (in every sense of the word) Xal'atath invades Azeroth with an army of void creatures at her beck and call.

Diablo 4 developers told us to watch The Game Awards and we were not disappointed -- their next expansion, Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred, continues our (rather expected) fight against Mephisto.

The next expansion in the World of Warcraft Worldsoul Saga is Midnight and Blizzard has formally announced the Midnight expansion release date: March 2, 2026 at 3pm pacific time.

The latest World of Warcraft "Remix" experience has sent us back to the fan-favorite Legion expansion (with a few changes) in Legion Remix.