WoW Classic Plus (Project Camelot): Release Date, Leaks, BlizzCon 2026

WoW Classic Plus is not officially announced, has no confirmed name, and yet the internet has already written its release notes. Blizzard’s only real statement came on January 29, 2026, when executive producer Holly Longdale said Classic has plenty of future content planned and that details would follow at BlizzCon 2026. Everything else, the codename, the editions, the alleged October launch, comes from datamines and anonymous forum posts.

The internal codename is Project Camelot. Wowhead dataminers found it on June 16, 2026, attached to Heroic and Epic license entries sitting inside a Classic alpha branch. That branch runs on patch 1.60, first spotted encrypted on October 24, 2025, and it has since pushed more than 44 builds and split into two development branches. One branch stayed active. The other went quiet except for small patches, which is usually how Blizzard prepares a demo build for a convention floor.

Confirmed vs Rumored

Claim	Status	Source
Classic has more content coming	Confirmed	Holly Longdale, State of Azeroth, January 29 2026
Details arrive at BlizzCon 2026	Confirmed	Blizzard statement
Codename Project Camelot exists	Datamined	Wowhead, June 16 2026
Heroic and Epic edition tiers	Datamined	Alpha build license entries
Release date October 13 2026	Rumor	Anonymous MMO-Champion post
New Spellblade class	Rumor	Unverified leak, low credibility
Live service model	Rumor	Leaked franchise roadmap, drafted around 2022

BlizzCon 2026: The Only Fixed Date on This Page

BlizzCon 2026 runs September 12 and 13 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Blizzard tied any Classic reveal to the release of The Black Temple, which shipped August 27, clearing the calendar for a bigger announcement. A working alpha build with reduced patching activity is exactly the kind of thing Blizzard likes to let attendees touch on a show floor, and history says whatever gets played at BlizzCon usually ships to everyone within half a year.

The leaked Warcraft franchise roadmap naming an October release and a live-service model was reportedly drafted around 2022. A document that old surviving unchanged for four years of shifting priorities would be a small miracle, so treat the date as a rough direction and not a calendar invite.

WoW Camelot Release Date: Fact Check

The WoW Camelot release date circulating online, October 13, 2026, traces back to a single anonymous forum post, nothing from Blizzard. The same post claims an Epic Edition would buy three days of early access starting October 10, which would let one guild wreck server economies before anyone else logs in. Convenient timing does not equal proof. The safest bet remains the first half of October, purely because the build cadence and the BlizzCon slot line up that way, not because anyone leaked a signed contract.

Editions: Standard, Heroic, and Whatever Comes After

• The base version is expected to be free, since no standard paid edition has turned up in the datamined licenses.
• A Heroic edition WoW Camelot tier already exists in the store code, mirroring the Heroic and Epic split that shipped with World of Warcraft Midnight in March 2026.
• Expect the priciest tier to bundle mounts, transmog, and early access to an alpha or beta, likely timed close to BlizzCon itself.
• None of the pricing or exact contents has been confirmed, so budget accordingly and doubt everything with a dollar sign attached.

Lore Theories: Two Timelines, Zero Confirmation

One cluster of Classic Plus leaks describes a branch where the Dark Portal never opened, letting the story wander off from vanilla Azeroth with nothing to actually build on, since original Classic barely had plot to begin with. A separate and more recent leak places the action right after Warcraft III, skipping the familiar ten-year gap from the original cinematic and nicknaming the era Classic Minus. Watching Orgrimmar get built instead of just existing would be a decent hook for lore nerds, assuming Blizzard commits to it instead of quietly filing it under scrapped ideas.

New Classes and Races: Read With Suspicion

A recurring rumor promises a new class called Spellblade, which fits the aesthetic of almost nothing in vanilla World of Warcraft Classic and reads like a placeholder name someone typed once and never changed. A more plausible route, if Blizzard wants new classes at all, is importing ones that already exist in retail, Demon Hunter or Death Knight, rather than inventing something from a leak with no independent backup. A Necromancer would make more thematic sense than either option, given the lore already has plenty of undead sitting around unused.

Live Service and Horizontal Progression

The most substantial detail buried in the leaked roadmap is that World of Warcraft Camelot is tagged as a live service, meaning ongoing support rather than a one-off nostalgia trip. The accompanying concept is Classic Plus horizontal progression, adding new zones and raids after Naxxramas instead of resetting everything the way retail seasons do. If Blizzard actually holds that line, old content stays relevant instead of being discarded the moment new content drops, which would be the single smartest thing to come out of this entire rumor pile.

The Season of Discovery Precedent

Season of Discovery got announced at BlizzCon 2023 with almost no footage and launched the same month, no marketing tour, no drawn-out beta. Players who liked stumbling onto new runes blind still call that release the gold standard, and it is the model Blizzard seems more likely to repeat than a long hype campaign. If Classic Plus follows the same pattern, expect a short gap between the BlizzCon reveal and the actual download button.

What Actually Happens Next

1. Blizzard addresses Classic’s future on stage during BlizzCon 2026, September 12 to 13.
2. A playable alpha or beta build likely appears on the show floor, based on the quieter development branch.
3. A wider access window, probably tied to a paid edition, follows within weeks of the reveal.
4. A full launch lands somewhere around October, assuming nothing gets delayed, which is never a safe assumption with this studio.

Nothing here is a promise, since Blizzard has confirmed exactly two facts: Classic has more coming, and BlizzCon 2026 is where it says so. Every codename, edition, class, and date sitting between those two facts is community reconstruction built out of forum posts and license strings, so enjoy the guessing game while it lasts, because in a week none of it will matter.