Updated World Of Warcraft Roadmaps Delay Cata Beta, Holly Longdale Talks Launching Content With "Surprises"

World of Wacraft has a special celebration planned for the MMORPG's upcoming 20th anniversary that they are keeping top secret. Exactly what it is nobody outside of Blizzard knows, and they aren't even putting it on the PTR. All they'll say on the matter is that the update is coming in March.

What else is in store for WoW in the coming year? Let's have a look at some updated roadmaps and see what Holly Longdale has to say!

First up this year will be the WoW Classic: Season of Discovery Phase 2 launching February 8th. There will be new runes and a new PvP experience included in the update. Following that will be the Self-Found mode for WoW Classic Hardcore later in the month.

The Beta for Cataclysm Classic seems to have been delayed to Early Spring, originally slated for late Winter.

This year the World of Warcraft team is focusing on three main objectives across all of the games within the WoW universe. First, they want to continue to evolve the living world, second is the launch of The War Within expansion, and third is to try new things and take risks while listening to player feedback.

It'll be interesting to see what the March even is, and how well it goes off without PTR testing. It could be a huge surprise for the community, or a huge letdown if it doesn't function properly with no testing.

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