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World of Warcraft’s 2026 roadmap shows us some unexpected surprises during Midnight
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.
The World of Warcraft Midnight pre-patch launches January 20 with void-fueled Demon Hunters and transmog updates
Get ready to roll those Void Elf Demon Hunters, because the Midnight pre-patch launches on January 20, 2026, immediately after Legion Remix ends.
The Burning Crusade Classic launches February 5 on Classic anniversary realms
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!
When is the World of Warcraft: Midnight release date? March 2, 2026!
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.
Legion Remix is live with new catch-up opportunities and increased item levels!
The latest World of Warcraft "Remix" experience has sent us back to the fan-favorite Legion expansion (with a few changes) in Legion Remix.
The War Within patch 11.2.7 release date is December 2! Here’s what’s in the patch
World of Warcraft has maintained a solid content cadence ever since the start of Dragonflight and patch 11.2.7 will launch December 2, 2025 alongside the start of Player Housing. The Brawler's Guild will release the following week.
The World of Warcraft: Midnight beta test is now live (if laggy), so get ready to file those bug reports
We've been looking forward to the beta test for World of Warcraft: Midnight, to get a better look at the game (and what some of its features look like with more players).
When is player housing coming to World of Warcraft? Blizzard has confirmed we’ll be laying out our welcome mats on December 2 (with a Midnight pre-order)
Everyone in the World of Warcraft community has been dying to know when player housing is coming to the game since Ion first slipped in a teaser trailer during the end of his segment at the Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct.
Mists of Pandaria Classic launches July 21 (that’s today!)
The newest iteration of WoW Classic will be Mists of Pandaria Classic and it launches later this summer, with a release date on July 21, 2025 at 3PM pacific time.
Now live! WoW Classic anniversary realms Phase 5 launches the Ahn’Qiraj war effort
WoW Classic anniversary realms Phase 5 launched on July 10, 2025 at 3PM pacific time.
