World of Warcraft: The War Withinis finally arriving in August and its staggered launch is a little different this time around. As such, Blizzard released a roadmap confirming exactly when players can get their hands on all its features.
As the first part in a three-expansion saga,The War Withinis set to lay the foundation for the game for years to come. As a full release, it’s epic in scope, with a new Allied Race, eight new dungeons, and a huge raid for people to conquer in its earliest throes.
The full release is set forAugust 26 (or August 22 in early access), but there areseveral other datesthat players should be aware of. To accommodate that, the developer’s full roadmap confirms all the important information up to the release of Season 1.
Here’s everything you need to know about the release of The War Within.
WoW: The War Within full roadmap and release details
As illustrated in thepostbelow, the full schedule and the content cadence is as follows:
The journey begins on July 23!The Pre-expansion update kicks off with:⚔️ Warbands🪽 Skyriding🤝 Cross Realm Guilds👁️ Visions of Azeroth July 30pic.twitter.com/Zl3xIxog2e
This fresh-looking release schedule is designed to ensure that players with Early Access won’t have too much of a power advantage. This is done by requiring everyone to wait until the launch of Season One for Mythic Dungeons and the raid.
Expect the Race to World First to kick off immediately following the launch of Mythic Nerubar Palace on September 17.
If you’re looking to get early access or jump into the beta, you’ll need to purchase the Epic Edition of the expansion from the Blizzard store.
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