Preorder World of Warcraft: Midnight
¹World of Warcraft®: Midnight will be available on or before June 30, 2026.
Looking Back to Other Expansions
This date, however, holds little significance and is primarily a legal requirement for pre-orders in many countries.
Looking back to other expansions, we can see that the actual release date happened months before their "launch before" date.
ExpansionAnnounced "Before" DateActual Relase Date
ShadowlandsDecember 31st, 2020November 23rd, 2020*
DragonflightDecember 31st, 2022November 28th, 2022
The War WithinDecember 31st, 2024August 26th, 2024
MidnightJune 30th, 2026TBA
*Originally scheduled for October 27th, 2020
The Actual Launch Date of Midnight
With these dates in mind, especially for War Within, the actual launch of Midnight is much more likely to happen earlier in 2026. Looking at the patch cadence for The War Within, if we assume the current Season 3 to last the same 6 months as Seasons 1 and 2, we will have a release date landing around February 2026, four months earlier than the given June 30th date.
Note, however, that Blizzard hasn't confirmed this in any capacity, and it is just an extrapolation from dates based on their current patch cadence.
