Blizzard has confirmed that the mystery Patch 10.2.6. forWorld of Warcraftis set to arrive on March 19, after speculation on its arrival reached a boiling point.
Speculation has been rife about what the content update could be. The fact that the developer has drawn significant attention to it while maintaining the secrecy of its details has only served to increase the speculation around the patch.
Now, at the very least, fans have a release date to look forward to and, in some good news, they don’t have long to wait.
WoW 10.2.6. arrives on March 19
In aposton the original World of Warcraft website, Blizzard confirmed the release date for 10.2.6 as March 19. Unfortunately for excited players, other than further blurry, pirate-themed imagery, no further details have been forthcoming.
Interestingly, the developer did not provide a global release date for the patch, causing consternation among some of the community. On Twitter/X, the Vice President for World of Warcraft, Holly Longdale, used an interesting analogy to confirm why they have not confirmed a global release date/time.
We really wanted to. We discussed it a lot. This is… uhm… like wearing two eyepatches on a unicycle in rush hour. Exciting and unpredictable. We will all be learning together on this one.
Speculatively, it’s likely to be March 19 for North America and March 20 for other regions, but there is no concrete information on that at this point.
The other major piece of confirmed detail is that Patch 10.2.6. is a “bold, new, limited-time event.” It’s unclear what exactly this looks like in practice and how long it will stick around.
In any case, WoW players are undoubtedly excited about this major update. Whether Blizzard can deliver on the hype remains to be seen.
James Lynch is a Games Writer on Dexerto’s UK team, specializing in Destiny, World of Warcraft, Baldur’s Gate, Elden Ring, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Assassin’s Creed, strategy and RPG games. He also has bylines at CBR and GG Recon. You can contact him at: james.lynch@dexerto.com
