{"id":90278,"date":"2026-09-28T16:19:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T20:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=90278"},"modified":"2026-09-28T16:37:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T20:37:25","slug":"wow-forevers-beta-just-keeps-getting-bigger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=90278","title":{"rendered":"WoW: Forever\u2019s Beta Just Keeps Getting Bigger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/world-of-warcraft\/\">World of Warcraft: Forever&#8217;s<\/a> beta is in full swing, and if its popularity is any indication of how the full launch might go, it&#8217;s going to be big, as Blizzard has had to increase the beta&#8217;s population cap multiple times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Forever was Blizzard&#8217;s big finale during its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/blizzcon-2026-opening-ceremony-all-the-biggest-announcements-and-games\/\">BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremony<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/wow-forever-is-more-than-classic-its-wow-2\/\">modified version of WoW Classic<\/a> that keeps the old-school MMORPG&#8217;s gameplay and world but brings plenty of new changes and content as well. It&#8217;s something WoW Classic players have asked for years, and Blizzard is now finally ready to deliver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The beta kicked off September 17 with an initial level cap of 20 and will run through October 21, with Forever&#8217;s full launch slated for November 4. It&#8217;s important to note that it&#8217;s not an open beta that anyone can join. Players need to purchase the $60 Skyborne Epic Pack (which unlocks the new playable Skyborne race in Forever) to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/the-wow-forever-beta-starts-this-week-heres-how-to-get-access\/\">gain access<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=buBZRiQXl8U&amp;t=1s  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite a $60 barrier to entry, everything points towards the beta being huge. From the get go, the beta ran into problems due to sheer popularity, with WoW: Forever senior game producer Tom Ellis (who has since deleted their <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FwoiblesWoW\/status\/2100751737627779238\">X account<\/a>) posting a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World of Warcraft: Forever&#8217;s beta is in full swing, and if its popularity is any indication of how the full launch might go, it&#8217;s going to be big, as Blizzard has had to increase the beta&#8217;s population cap multiple times. Forever was Blizzard&#8217;s big finale during its BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremony, a modified version of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":90280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90278"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90278"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90281,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90278\/revisions\/90281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/90280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}