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World of Warcraft: Forever is temporarily offline while Blizzard conducts emergency maintenance to fix some issues with the game’s servers, according to messages the developer sent in-game and via the Battle.net app to its players. As of this writing, Blizzard has not offered any timetable for when World of Warcraft: Forever will return online.
World of Warcraft: Forever Experiences Server Issues
Although World of Warcraft: Forever had a relatively smooth launch throughout its debut week, the game is currently inaccessible. According to DownDetector, some issues began cropping up at 2:42 PM Eastern before tapering off for a short time. However, user reports spiked up nearly two hours later, at 4:27 PM Eastern. Following the reports, Blizzard posted a message in-game that said the servers must be taken down briefly to address some problems. A similar message was posted on the Battle.net desktop app, which stated that emergency maintenance was being conducted. As of this writing, the studio has not stated when players can return online.
This is a developing story. Information about the status of World of Warcraft: Forever will be updated here as soon as it becomes available.
