{"id":377682,"date":"2026-09-13T04:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T11:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=377682"},"modified":"2026-09-30T09:12:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:12:56","slug":"world-of-warcraft-forever-gets-official-controller-support-at-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/world-of-warcraft-forever-gets-official-controller-support-at-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"World of Warcraft: Forever gets official controller support at launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

At BlizzCon 2026, Blizzard said World of Warcraft: Forever, its new Classic+-style project, will ship with official controller support<\/a><\/strong> built right into the game. For WoW, that’s a pretty major quality-of-life upgrade.<\/p>\n

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Forever is already running in alpha on the show floor. Players can try the Skyborne Elves 1-10<\/strong> starting experience there, though the dungeon playtest doesn’t include controller support right now, and switching over is immediate: press any button on a connected pad and the game swaps inputs on the spot.<\/p>\n\n

Blizzard also floated a cautious “never say never” on bringing similar support to World of Warcraft: Midnight<\/a>, but it’s not promising anything yet. Associate Game Director Paul Kubit said retail WoW<\/strong> is a much tougher fit because of its heavier keybind load and the sheer number of abilities players juggle, especially compared with Forever’s reworked level-60 setup.<\/p>\n\n

Forever isn’t just a nostalgia server with the old map left intact. It’s a remix of Azeroth, with reshaped world<\/strong> , new zones, fresh questlines, and the new Skyborne Elves race. That gives Blizzard more room to build a cleaner control scheme, too. The studio says accessibility is part of the reason for the change, and if you’ve been hoping for plug-and-play controller support instead of relying on community tools like ConsolePort on Steam Deck, Forever suddenly looks a lot more appealing because it finally makes pad support official.<\/p>\n\n

World of Warcraft: Forever launches on PC on November 4, 2026<\/strong>. Blizzard says more testing will happen after BlizzCon, and it still hasn’t announced any plans for Xbox.<\/p>\n

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