Warcraft, you might have noticed, is 30 this year (this in fact, if you want to be more specific), and Blizzard is celebrating the occasion with a bit of a news splurge covering its various games set in the Warcraft universe. And that, of course, includes World of Warcraft, with today bringing word the long-running MMO will soon see customisable cars, the launch of World of Warcraft Classic , plus player houses sometime next year.
On the World of Warcraft Classic front, Blizzard has announced it’ll be launching Mists of Pandaria Classic in 2025, with a roadmap accompanying the news pointing to a pre-patch drop early next summer, before the full release a little later on. Additionally, it’s confirmed the impending arrival of World of Warcraft Classic Classic (not an official title), which introduces new fresh realms as part of a WoW Classic 20th Anniversary Edition launching on 21st November this year. These will be available in PvP, PvE, and Hardcore flavours, all progressing through to Burning Crusade Classic (Classic?) next year.
Over in World of Warcraft regular, meanwhile, patch 11.0.7 is on the horizon, introducing the Siren Isle as this year’s The War Within expansion continues to unfold. That’s alongside a revamped Winter Veil event for the festive season, and the previously announced return of WoW’s battle royale-style Plunderstorm mode, which is making a comeback next year.
And as for what’s next, that’ll be WoW’s 11.1 update, officially known as Undermined, releasing this winter. Undermined takes players to the capital city of the goblin’s trade empire – called, yes, Undermine – where they’ll learn more about goblin culture as The War Within’s story continues, aligning themselves with one of the four warring goblins cartels: Steamwheedle, Blackwater, Bilgewater, and the Venture Company.