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Blizzard keeps banning WoW: Forever beta gold bots and buyers, adds a trade warning for strangers

1 October 2026Blizzard says it has kept actioning beta accounts that botted for gold or bought it, will keep doing so after launch, and will soon show a warning whenever you trade with a stranger.

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Blizzard is working on bringing Kyle's questline back to Mulgore in WoW: Forever

29 September 2026Asked whether the Mulgore quest to feed Kyle the runaway dog could return despite arriving after the classic era, Community Manager Kaivax replied: "We're working on it."

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Blizzard says it will increasingly ban gold buyers, not just sellers, in WoW: Forever

28 September 2026Kaivax says Blizzard will increasingly action RMT buyers' accounts in the WoW: Forever beta and at launch, removing illicit gold and possibly closing accounts. Suspicious gifts from strangers count too.

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Blizzard restarts WoW: Forever beta realms to fix stability issues and a login queue bug

27 September 2026Kaivax confirmed server problems hitting some beta testers on 25 September, followed by a quick realm restart, and a separate fix on 27 September for a bug that was filling login queues after disconnects.

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Blizzard forces name changes and removes beta access over WoW: Forever character names

24 September 2026The WoW: Forever development team is forcing renames on beta characters that break naming policy and has pulled beta access from some testers. Appeals through Customer Service are off the table, and an automated name filter is coming soon.

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WoW: Forever gives every character a two-part name that must be unique across the region

21 September 2026Characters in WoW: Forever get a first name and a second name, and only the full combination has to be unique in your region. Early Name Reservation runs from October 27 to November 3, 2026, for eligible upgrade purchases.

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WoW: Forever replaces realm selection with four rulesets: Normal, PvP, Roleplaying and Hardcore

21 September 2026Blizzard is dropping the realm list for WoW: Forever. Players pick a ruleset instead, each a large separate community, with Hardcore arriving after launch and one-faction-only rules on PvP.

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WoW: Forever beta opens its doors, with a day-one known issues list and a firm GPU cutoff

18 September 2026The WoW: Forever beta opened on 17 September after a slow start. Blizzard posted a long known issues list, explained which older graphics cards will not run the game, and shared fixes for account and launcher problems.

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WoW: Forever beta is live with a level 20 cap, the Skyborne and two new dungeons

17 September 2026The WoW: Forever beta opened on 17 September and runs through 21 October. Week one includes the Skyborne, Zephras Isle, Hall of Thanes and Ruins of Lordaeron, with the cap rising from 20 to 30 later in the test.

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Blizzard opens the WoW: Forever General Discussion forum and posts its rules

12 September 2026Kaivax has pinned a welcome thread for the new WoW: Forever General Discussion forum, covering the Code of Conduct, banned posting habits like bumping and petitions, and a three-hour cool down suspension for heated periods.

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