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World of Warcraft Forever Name Reservation Is Broken in Europe Ahead of the System Opening to North American Players

Blizzard says technical issues are delaying the feature as European players report a grayed-out Battle.net Play button and North American reservations remain pending.

Summary by IGN
The World of Warcraft Forever beta ended last week, and in the space in between that and the full launch on November 4, Blizzard is offering players the ability to reserve character names ahead of launch. There's only one problem, the system looks like it's broken.

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Blizzard is encountering technical problems with the World of Warcraft name reservation system: Forever, the new version of the MMORPG coming November 4th.

The name reservation for World of Warcraft: Forever should start on October 27 at 6 pm. However, technical problems seem to delay the start. Blizzard has meanwhile commented on this in the Battle.net launcher.

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Wowhead broke the news on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
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