The rumored game known to World of Warcraft fans as "Classic Plus" is real, and it has a proper name now—World of Warcraft: Forever is a new branch of the MMO that once again resets the clock to 2004, the year WoW first launched.
But unlike WoW: Classic, the goal of WoW: Forever isn't just to take a trip back to the MMO's origins to relive those heady early years. WoW: Forever will explore new parts of Azeroth, telling stories that weren't told during the MMO's original progression.
PC Gamer was briefed on the announcement before the reveal at the BlizzCon Opening Ceremony. Here are the biggest takeaways:
- WoW: Forever will be set in the first year of WoW with a level cap of 60 "for the foreseeable future"
- New stuff won't just be for max level players; it will span all levels
- Three new zones
- "Several" existing zones overhauled, "filling in the blank spaces of the vanilla map"
- Nine new dungeons
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