Warcraft is 30, you might have noticed, is 30 this year (this week in fact, if you want to be ore 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 thew news the long-running MMO will soon be getting cars, the launch of World of Warcraft Classic 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 in early summer – making Pandarens and the Monk class playable – before the full launch a little later. Additionally, it’s confirmed the impending arrival of World of Warcraft Classic Classic, which’ll be introducing new realms as part of a WoW Classic 20th Anniversary Edition on 21st November this year. These will be available in PvP, PvE, and Hardcore flavours, progressing through to Burning Crusade Classic next year.
Over in World of Warcraft regular, meanwhile, patch 11.0.7 is on the horizon, introducing the Siren Isle as The War Within expansion’s story continues. 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.
But as for the new stuff, that’ll appear as part of WoW’s 11.1 update, officially known as Undermined. This’ll take player to the capital of the goblin’s trade empire (the titular Undermine), where, as part The War Within’s next adventure, they’ll learn more about goblin culture, aligning themselves with one of the four warring goblins cartel: Steamwheedle, Blackwater, Bilgewater, and the Venture Company.
There’s a lot going on in update 11.1, including a new dungeon, Operation: Floodgate, which’ll see players racing to stop a group of goblins from blowing up a dam that would bring ruin to the Ringing Deeps. It’ll be immediately available as part of Season 2 dungeon pool, alongside four other launch dungeons and three returning legacy dungeons – including Motherlode from Battle for Azeroth. There’s also a new arena PvP map set in the heart of the city, plus an eight-boss raid zone – The Liberation of Undermine – taking players through the city’s streets and into the colourful but deadly Gallagio, where its owner, Gallywix, awaits.
Undermined’s most notable addition, however, is the introduction of cars, which players will earn early on in their quest, enabling them to barrel through Undermine’s streets “much, much faster” than a regular ground mount would allow. Better yet, car characteristics – grip, drift, acceleration, top speed, and so on – can all be tinkered with as players see fit.
Blizzard has plenty more planned for World of Warcraft in 2025, of course, with its roadmap outlining various new content drops as the year continues. However, the MMO’s next expansion, World of Warcraft: Midnight is set to continue the Worldsoul Saga started in The War Within, and while Blizzard’s mostly keeping tightlipped about that one, it has – via its favoured medium of cinematic reveal – teased the introduction of player houses. It might be some time, however, before it’s ready to share more.
In other Warcraft news, Blizzard has also announced remasters of Warcraft 1 and 2, which real-time strategy fans can purchase – either on their own or as part of a new Battle Chest bundle also containing Warcraft 3: Reforged – from today.
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