BlizzCon 2026’s hottest rumors: Warcraft Forever, Classic+ and StarCraft’s return

A few days before BlizzCon, even an ordinary filename can start to look like a promise. Warcraft Forever, Camelot and even WoW 2 are circulating in discussions. Meanwhile, a mysterious website signal has put StarCraft back in the spotlight. An anonymous schedule image adds almost everything a Blizzard fan might want to hear.

These are not equivalent leaks. One is a verifiable entry in a community file list, another is a reported storefront naming change, and a third is an image with an unknown origin. This roundup examines the strongest clues without assuming they all belong to one secret plan.

What is confirmed: BlizzCon begins September 12

BlizzCon takes place on September 12–13, 2026. The Opening Ceremony begins on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. PDT, or 17:30 UTC. Blizzard’s event guide confirms the time and livestreams for the ceremony and major panels. It does not confirm the new game names discussed here. Official event guide.

The evidence at a glance:

• Warcraft Forever: a Forever-named keybinding file appears in a community list. Its product name and relationship to Classic+ are unknown.
• Camelot and wow-2: reported names in storefront styling files do not confirm a WoW sequel.
• StarCraft: a website clue and development reports are generating interest, but have not been established as one project.
• Fables, Chronicles and Infantry: names in an unverified schedule image, not announced games.

Warcraft Forever: a small file with a big question attached

The most concrete new WoW clue appears in a community-maintained file list. Marlamin’s change maps file ID 7879323 to WTF/DefaultForeverBindings.wtf. We checked the GitHub entry directly. It establishes that the mapping exists, not that Blizzard has announced a product with that name. Original change.

Wowhead reported the discovery in the 12.1.5 PTR. Its analysis describes a new keybinding profile with a TOGGLELEGACYSYSTEM command on Y, several Classic-like combat bindings and controller changes. The function behind the Legacy command could not be identified. Wowhead’s datamining report.

The important distinction is where this was found: a Retail test build is not a revealed Classic+ client. The profile could serve another mode or preparation that never ships. We have not independently extracted the complete raw keybinding file, so descriptions of its contents rely on Wowhead’s analysis.

What could Forever mean?

The word invites an appealing interpretation: a lasting Classic world, with new adventures in familiar Azeroth rather than another move to the next expansion. That is our reading of the name’s potential appeal, not a feature disclosed by the file.

If something like Classic+ emerges, continuity matters more than branding. Would characters persist? Would this be a permanent world or a season? Would the original world expand, or would a separate mode sit alongside it? A filename answers none of those questions.

Legacy System also sounds more substantial than the evidence allows us to say. A command name does not establish a progression system, the removal of achievements or account-wide advancement. Those claims would require a working interface, a description or an explanation from a developer.

Camelot and WoW 2: what changed in the store?

A published comparison of Gear Store stylesheets reports that one color scheme was first named wow-camelot, then wow-2. Both names were absent from a subsequent inspected version, while the compared color definitions otherwise matched. Analysis with links to the versioned source files.

The rumor works because WoW 2 means far more to a player than an internal storefront label. A styling identifier might still be a test, a placeholder or preparation for a store collection. It does not, by itself, establish that Blizzard is developing a World of Warcraft sequel.

Removal does not solve the mystery either. It does not prove cancellation or deliberate teasing. Those explanations need evidence of their own.

We explored Camelot’s wider background and possible Classic+ design choices in our earlier Classic+ feature. The interesting question this week is whether Blizzard gives the different names a shared explanation. For now, Forever = Camelot = Classic+ = WoW 2 contains more assumptions than demonstrated connections.

StarCraft: a signal does not reveal a genre

PC Gamer’s early-September report brings together attention around the StarCraft website’s glitch effects and reporting about a potential Nexon–Blizzard agreement. The agreement claim originates with Korean outlet Chosun, not a joint company announcement. PC Gamer’s report.

It is tempting to turn that into a single story: a new StarCraft will be revealed at BlizzCon and it will be StarCraft 3. The evidence does not support that entire conclusion. A website clue does not define a genre, and a reported agreement might concern a different project from whatever a marketing campaign is preparing.

That distinction would matter after an announcement, too. A strategy game, an action game and a licensed collaboration could use the same setting while offering very different experiences. Developer, platforms and release model should be checked before treating the StarCraft name as a promise of a direct continuation.

We covered the initial observations in our StarCraft signal article. We cannot confirm a new product name now. The interesting part is the timing, not a detailed game design already revealed by the sources.

Fables, Chronicles and Infantry: the most dramatic alleged leak

An alleged schedule circulated from 4chan to Reddit and covered by Icy Veins in late August contains Warcraft Fables, Warcraft Chronicles and StarCraft Infantry. Readers have associated them with Classic+, a Warcraft strategy game and a StarCraft shooter. The image itself does not establish those genres or connections. Breakdown of the alleged schedule.

It is easy to share because it combines familiar names and popular hopes. That is also a weakness: a well-informed guess can sound convincing simply by incorporating ideas already circulating.

The date matters. The Icy Veins article describes the situation on August 27, when it was still waiting for the official schedule. Blizzard’s own program is now available. The older article should not be read as fresh evidence of what appears in the current official timetable.

We are not presenting the image’s labels as confirmed game names or attaching unverified feature lists to them. Without a verifiable origin, it remains the weakest evidence in this roundup.

Why ten articles can still mean one source

An anonymous image can travel from a forum to a video and then to multiple news sites. Repetition starts to look like corroboration, even if everything traces back to the same image. In that situation, the number of reports measures attention rather than reliability.

Real technical discoveries need care as well. Checking a filename is the first step. Establishing what it does and which release it belongs to are separate tasks. Another rumor cannot fill that gap simply because the names fit a satisfying story.

That is why the Forever entry is the strongest new WoW observation in this roundup. Much remains unresolved, but readers can inspect part of the underlying evidence themselves. The anonymous schedule lacks an equivalent chain of provenance.

What to listen for during the Opening Ceremony

Beyond a striking trailer, we will be looking for three things:

• Product identity: a standalone game, a new form of Classic or a Retail side mode?
• Player continuity: what happens to characters, progression and existing realms?
• Actual availability: a closed test, public beta or full release?

A logo alone settles none of these questions. Hearing Warcraft Forever on stage would confirm a name, not every hope currently attached to it. If StarCraft returns, the next question is what kind of return it will be.

There is still room for excitement. Several different clues could receive an explanation over the same weekend. The best surprise would be a game that immediately makes us want to play. Until then, facts and hopes belong on separate lines.

Follow confirmed announcements on our BlizzCon 2026 page. This article records the pre-event rumor picture, not an announcement list confirmed during the ceremony.