World of Warcraft: Forever launches with minimal technical issues

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World of Warcraft: Forever launched last night with an unusually smooth experience for a major WoW release, avoiding the typical queues and server problems. The game quickly became Twitch's most-viewed title and maintained server stability despite heavy player load, with Blizzard dedicating substantial resources to support the launch.
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World of Warcraft Forever Launch Live Blog (opens IGN in a new tab)
World of Warcraft Forever launch day live blog.
World of Warcraft: Forever Review So Far - Beta Impressions (opens IGN in a new tab)
30 hours with Forever's beta provides an optimistic start to a long journey.
World of Warcraft: Forever is off to a great start with Blizzard's smoothest launch in memory (opens Eurogamer in a new tab)
World of Warcraft: Forever came out last night. Those who stayed up were prepared for the usual from major WoW releases: long queues, disconnects, and server lag. However, save for a few minor hiccups here and there, things went off without a hitch.
World of Warcraft: Forever's seemingly stellar launch continues as it soars to the top of Twitch's most viewed games, beating out the likes of League of Legends and Zelda (opens Eurogamer in a new tab)
World of Warcraft: Forever launched last night after a hugely successful beta, and it's not just players getting in on the fun. Blizzard's MMO is also proving quite the attraction for spectators, soaring all the way up to the top of Twitch's most viewed games.
World of Warcraft Forever's Launch Was Running on Over 200,000 Gigabytes of RAM (opens IGN in a new tab)
World of Warcraft Forever launched last night, and while there were a ton of people playing, the servers were remarkably stable. And, it turns out that Blizzard dedicated a ton of resources to making those servers stable.


