WoW: Forever is the biggest launch in World of Warcraft history, according to Blizzard

World of Warcraft: Forever is the largest launch in MMO history, attracting more concurrent players than any previous WoW launch.

Blizzard shared the news on social media yesterday (November 7), saying that the new edition, launched on November 4, had broken records for both the number of concurrent players and returning players.

“Congratulations everyone, you made history!” the official World of Warcraft account published. “It’s thanks to you, the players. From all of us, thank you!”

The game didn’t just try to get back at inactive players. In a follow-up article, World of Warcraft executive producer and vice president Holly Longdale said the game attracted the most new players for a WoW launch in 15 years.

“Welcome everyone! We’re so happy that you can experience Azeroth for the first time alongside those of us playing it for the first time… again,” she wrote.

Blizzard finally officially confirmed World of Warcraft: Forever at September’s BlizzCon after fans obsessed over the colors as dataminers pulled shades from Blizzard’s website that were labeled under a curious “wow 2” tag, leading many to speculate that this was in reference to the rumored World of Warcraft Camelot, or as it’s better known, “Classic Plus”, much like how Blizzard is now expanding Diablo 2.

Blizzard has yet to share actual player numbers.

World of Warcraft: Forever’s first major patch – which, among other things, fixed a particularly powerful bug that was tilting PvP battlefields like Warsong Gulch to the Horde’s advantage – went live on Friday.