Blizzard Reveals What Made It Finally Pull The Trigger on WoW Forever

World of Warcraft Forever came out earlier this week, and has been a massively successful launch. It almost begs the question, "Why wait this long?" Well, Blizzard has revealed what made it finally release the Classic+ game mode.

In an interview with Bloomberg, Blizzard senior game designer Josh Greenfield revealed that the developer had been kicking around the idea of WoW Forever since before Classic released in 2019, but the team ultimately pulled the trigger on the straight-up port of Vanilla WoW first. But while Forever was put on the backburner, the Classic team started to get a little bit more experimental as the old-school version of the MMO aged.

Then, in 2023, Blizzard released a new game mode, Season of Discovery, which took Classic and made some pretty radical changes, like ability gems and turning old 5-player dungeons like Blackfathom Deeps into full-scale raids. …