Name Reservations Go Live, Hit Snags, and More Forever News

Published October 28, 2026 · Updated October 28, 2026

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Name reservations for WoW: Forever rolled out with some regional issues while Blizzard also shared new community and tuning updates.

Name Reservations Launch With Hiccups

Name reservations for WoW: Forever are now live on EU and NA after an earlier delay was resolved, according to Wowhead. However, Blizzard also announced that the name check used during today's reservations was overly restrictive, with a fix planned to roll out alongside realm restarts. Separately, Blizzard flagged a specific name reservation issue affecting Oceanic players connecting to Australian-based servers.

Community and Promotional Content

Blizzard published a new blog post about the WoW Portal Room, as reported by Wowhead. Blizzard also released a new AMV titled "WARPATH" to highlight the upcoming launch of WoW: Forever. On YouTube, a short story titled "Unbowed," focused on the Forsaken, was also released.

Racial Ability Tuning Continues

Wowhead reports that Blizzard has issued further racial ability tuning changes for WoW: Forever, with this update now also affecting Trolls.

Guides and Roundups

Mobalytics published a complete Subtlety leveling guide covering levels 1-60. A YouTube video also ranked 50 new changes in WoW: Forever, counting down to a top pick.

Discord Searchability

IGN Nordic reported that messages in discoverable Discord servers will soon become searchable on Google.