# World of Warcraft Forever sets a new launch-day record for Blizzard’s 22-year-old MMO

World of Warcraft just had its biggest launch day ever, and Blizzard Entertainment got there by taking the game back to 2004.World of Warcraft Forever launched on Nov. 4. Blizzard posted on X and Bluesky that it hit the highest peak concurrent player counts of any World of Warcraft-related launch to

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| Published | 8 November 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/world-of-warcraft-forever-sets-a-new-launch-day-record-for-blizzards-22-year-old-mmo/