WoW Forever: a permanent third branch, dated to the hour

World of Warcraft: Forever is not a seasonal event and it is not “Classic Plus.” Blizzard’s Carve a New Path framing presents it as a permanent home alongside modern and Classic World of Warcraft — a reimagined original Azeroth through level 60, set after Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom and before Molten Core.

The clock is as specific as the framing. Blizzard’s pre-purchase post locks a global launch for November 4, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. PST, with access included in a World of Warcraft Subscription or Game Time. That PST label is the spine we quote here. A Carve lede elsewhere stamps the same clock as PDT; we flag the mismatch and prefer the pre-purchase PST wording rather than invent a conversion.