The WoW Classic Cataclysm beta is now live, and players can still sign up to play this closed beta ahead of the full launch later this year.
Blizzard announced the news through the official Blizzard blog yesterday. Those interested can sign up for this closed beta through here. Signups for the beta kicked off back in December of last year. The beta for the latest classic server option for World of Warcraft was initially expected to launch between The Season of Discovery and WoW Classic’s Self-Found hardcore mode. Last month, however, it was revealed that the beta was delayed. Luckily for fans, this has proven to be only a minor delay.
World of Warcraft Classic Cataclysm is expected to launch on or before August 31, 2024. Players will require an active World of Warcraft Subscription or Game Time.
From the fires of destruction, a new Azeroth arises. Following Deathwing the Destroyer’s cataclysmic entrance, which left a festering wound across Azeroth, heroes are called once again to experience a dramatically reforged Azeroth and defend it from utter devastation.
Players can tackle this milestone expansion again with new quality-of-life changes, including a faster content cadence, improved leveling experience, expanded Collections UI, and more!
Initially released in 2010, Cataclysm was World of Warcraft’s third official expansion. The expansion raised the player level cap from level 80 to 85 and featured a greatly overhauled landscape. More than 3.3 million copies of the expansion were sold within 24 hours after launch. “We had to bring Azeroth to the brink of destruction in Cataclysm, but the result was our best expansion yet,” said Mike Morhaime, then CEO and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment in 2010. “We want to thank all of our new, existing, and returning players throughout the world for their incredible enthusiasm and support, and we look forward to hearing what they think about all the new content.”
