World of Warcraft Forever Controller Support Enters 'Complete Functional State' Ahead of Release
World of Warcraft: Forever launched globally on November 4, featuring a complete functional state for gamepad support. The release build includes a final update that perfects controller functionality, allowing players to move, cast spells, and adjust settings via a gamepad. Alongside the input changes, Blizzard implemented a damage boost for players at launch and extensive class and racial adjustments. These updates follow a beta period that concluded just before the official release, transitioning the gamepad feature from a beta state to official support.
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- ✓ World of Warcraft: Forever went live globally on November 4.
- ✓ The game officially supports playing with a gamepad.
- ✓ Blizzard provided a damage boost for players at launch.
- ✓ The launch patch includes massive class and racial changes.
What changed
Blizzard transitioned gamepad support from a beta state to a complete functional state for the global launch.
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World of Warcraft Forever Launches with Full Controller Support
World of Warcraft: Forever launched globally on November 4, featuring a complete functional state for gamepad support. The release build includes a final update that perfects controller functionality, allowing players to move, cast spells, and adjust settings via a gamepad. Alongside the input changes, Blizzard implemented a damage boost for players at launch and extensive class and racial adjustments. These updates follow a beta period that concluded just before the official release, transitioning the gamepad feature from a beta state to official support.
Why it matters
Blizzard designed World of Warcraft: Forever to reconnect with the original appeal of the franchise. The introduction of gamepad support aims to provide an alternative to traditional keyboard and mouse keybindings. These changes arrive alongside significant character balance shifts ahead of the first raids.
What is confirmed
- World of Warcraft: Forever went live globally on November 4.
- The game officially supports playing with a gamepad.
- Blizzard provided a damage boost for players at launch.
- The launch patch includes massive class and racial changes.
Still unconfirmed
- Gamepad support includes 84 ability slots.
What to watch next
- Player performance data following the launch damage boost
- Impact of class and racial changes on raid compositions
confidence 100%Sources used for this update (13)
- www.polygon.com — I really want to get back into The Witcher 3 but I have save game anxiety
- Engadget — With World of Warcraft: Forever, Blizzard had to reconnect with what made WoW great in the first place
- Blizzard News — World of Warcraft: Forever Goes Live Globally November 4!
- Polygon.com — WoW: Forever's Beta Was Pure Magic. No One Knows What Happens Next
- IGN — World of Warcraft Forever Controller Support Enters 'Complete Functional State' Ahead of Release
- GameSpot — WoW: Forever Is Giving Players A Big Damage Boost For Launch
- us.forums.blizzard.com — WoW Forever Beta Development Notes – Updated November 2
- www.ign.com — World of Warcraft Forever Launch Patch Notes Bring Controller Support and Massive Class Changes
- news.blizzard.com — Explore WoW: Forever with a Gamepad — World of Warcraft ...
- www.wowhead.com — You Can Play WoW: Forever on a Gamepad - Wowhead News
- www.pcgamesn.com — The WoW Forever launch update tweaks controller support and ...
- www.battle4play.com — WoW Forever Controller Support Changes More Than Controls
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