Sources & Editorial Standards

The Blizzard articles, reporting and image sources behind ForeverAtlas, with verification dates and the limits of each source.

How to read the labels

Confirmed means an official Blizzard source or direct developer statement supports the claim. It confirms an announcement, not that a future feature has shipped.

Reported means credible journalism or documented hands-on coverage supports it. Unknown identifies a question this research has not settled. Rumor is reserved for unverified speculation; none is needed for this first edition.

We prioritize official sources, summarize in our own words, and retain disagreements. Current information is reviewed manually. Dates describe the last evidence check; they do not imply continuous monitoring.

Original AI-generated fan artwork is illustrative. It is not a screenshot, map of a confirmed zone, or evidence of game content.

The source shelf

OFFICIAL · CHECKED 13 Sept 2026

World of Warcraft: Forever ↗

Direct HTTP 200; public camelotInitialState page content verified. No visible page publication date. Feature sections and edition footnotes are the evidence; this is not evidence of a playable live service.

OFFICIAL · CHECKED 13 Sept 2026 · PUBLISHED 12 Sept 2026

Carve a New Path with World of Warcraft: Forever ↗

Blizzard Entertainment byline, September 12. Direct HTTP 200. Intro uses PDT while later body uses PST for launch time; date is consistent. Use the panel article and game-page UTC countdown for time reconciliation.

OFFICIAL · CHECKED 13 Sept 2026 · PUBLISHED 12 Sept 2026

World of Warcraft: Forever What’s Next Panel Recap ↗

Official written panel recap; direct HTTP 200. Detailed source for regions, Skyborne class restrictions, dungeons, raids and systems. Planned features are announcements, not runtime-tested behavior. RC1 read the same primary article on news.blizzard.com, not an independent source. Its roadmap image displays a September 17–October 22 beta window, conflicting with the October 21 end date in the written upgrade terms. The image is retained as excluded RC1 evidence and is not served as a date authority.

OFFICIAL · CHECKED 13 Sept 2026 · PUBLISHED 12 Sept 2026

Pre-Purchase World of Warcraft: Forever Upgrades and Begin Your Next Journey in Azeroth ↗

Official edition and access terms; direct HTTP 200. Separates subscription access, optional race unlock and beta access. RC1 rechecked Invite-A-Friend and Collection sale-window terms at https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/24301508/pre-purchase-world-of-warcraft-forever-upgrades-and-begin-your-next-journey-in-azeroth on September 13, 2026. The Blizzard News and WoW URLs are the same primary article, not independent corroboration. No purchases or account changes were made.

PRESS · CHECKED 13 Sept 2026 · PUBLISHED 12 Sept 2026

BlizzCon 2026 Opening Ceremony recap—what’s next for Warcraft, Diablo, and StarCraft ↗

Tyler Wilde on-location live reporting; Forever entry timestamp 2026-09-12T18:55:13.496Z. Used for the existence of a convention demo, not beta-wide availability.

PRESS · CHECKED 13 Sept 2026 · PUBLISHED 12 Sept 2026

BlizzCon 2026: World of Warcraft Forever deep dive promises ‘adventures worth telling in the original world of Azeroth’ ↗

Justin Olivetti panel reporting. Its Skyborne faction/class sentence reverses the official recap; the official source takes precedence. Retained to preserve conflicting evidence, not to supply the matrix.

OFFICIAL · CHECKED 13 Sept 2026 · PUBLISHED 8 Aug 2019

WoW Classic Primer for New Players ↗

Historical baseline for the 2019 recreation of 2006 WoW, not all later Classic versions. Direct HTTP 200 and article datePublished verified. Relevant sections: What Is WoW Classic; Minimum Requirements; Creating Your Character; Abilities, Weapon Skills, Spells, and Talents. The source describes 51 talent points at level 60; comparison copy does not invent a Forever talent-point count.

OFFICIAL · CHECKED 13 Sept 2026 · PUBLISHED 11 Mar 2019

Classic Content Plan ↗

Historical announcement by Kaivax. Public forum JSON verifies primary_group_name community-manager, staff/admin/moderator true, and created_at 2019-03-11T15:57:08.319Z. Only the staff opening post is used. Supports the announced six-phase recreation plan, not a claim that all later Classic services share that cadence.

Editorial images and fan art

Official images below come from the Forever articles linked with each credit. Attribution records the source and copyright owner; it does not establish a separate reuse license or Blizzard endorsement. They illustrate announcement coverage, not firsthand gameplay by ForeverAtlas.

The homepage hero and illustrated Forsaken Paladin are original AI-generated fan art. The earlier imagined map is preserved in project history and is not used as game geography.

Blizzard’s official World of Warcraft: Forever announcement artwork.

First article-specific og:image in the official announcement HTML. Promotional article illustration, not a gameplay screenshot. Use only in coverage of the game; never as ForeverAtlas site identity, header mark, avatar or endorsement.

Carve a New Path with World of Warcraft: Forever ↗ · © Blizzard Entertainment · 1600 × 900

Azeroth environmental screenshot from Blizzard’s Forever panel recap.

Embedded under Guided by Classic Principles. The source presents the world as central to Forever. The precise zone and capture build are not independently identified; this is not evidence of the final live game.

World of Warcraft: Forever What’s Next Panel Recap ↗ · © Blizzard Entertainment · 1600 × 900

A region preview published in Blizzard’s official Forever panel recap.

Embedded in New Places to Explore immediately before discussion of Mount Hyjal and Shen’dralas. Caption deliberately does not infer the exact zone from adjacency alone. This is genuine publisher-supplied Forever imagery, not a fictional fan map or a verified live build.

Zephras Isle imagery from the official Forever panel recap.

Embedded between the Zephras Isle starting-experience paragraph and the Skyborne introduction in New Places to Explore. Shows the environment, not the complete race or class roster. Capture build is unspecified.

Forsaken Paladin imagery published with Blizzard’s Forever class preview.

Opening image under Classes, Systems, and Player Choice in the official Forever recap. Supports editorial discussion of the announced combination; it does not establish final abilities, balance, or a final character model.

Camping screenshot from Blizzard’s official Forever panel recap.

Embedded immediately after the Legacy and Camping paragraph. The image visibly illustrates camping and shared adventuring; it is not a Legacy menu, UI capture, talent tree, or proof of Legacy progression rules.

A scene from Blizzard’s World of Warcraft: Forever reveal cinematic shown during BlizzCon 2026.

Newsroom FA-RC1-IMG-001; reveal cinematic, not live gameplay. Exact render/build unknown. Original letterbox framing retained. Archive copied through Newsroom's Slides/PPTX transport; archived hash is not asserted to match original CDN payload.

Blizzard-supplied World of Warcraft: Forever imagery showing a Horde-bannered settlement during the BlizzCon 2026 reveal.

Newsroom FA-RC1-IMG-002; Forever world/gameplay-context image in reveal coverage. Exact zone and capture build are not identified. No map, coordinates, borders or inferred locations. Archive copied through Newsroom's Slides/PPTX transport; archived hash is not asserted to match original CDN payload.

Blizzard News and World of Warcraft versions of the same article are one primary origin. YouTube video DnSguGEGfMI was not analyzed; no claims, quotes or timestamps here are attributed to it.