The Queue: It's Always Nap Time Somewhere
But you can’t nap while waiting in the queue, because you might miss it. So let’s get to the questions… we can take the perfect cat nap later.
Lore Watch Podcast: Multimedia Influences on World of Warcraft
Do you believe we’ll have Midnight by January 27th as WoWhead claims? Let’s start by clarifying: Wowhead and MMO-Champion are both saying that the Midnight pre-patch will launch on January 27 due to a splash screen in the new alpha build.
Wowhead and MMO-Champion are both saying that the Midnight pre-patch will launch on January 27
And while I think an expansion launch on the 27th is an outlandish suggestion, a pre-patch launch is plausible… though I personally would have thought it would be more likely early February. Our current guess, based on the roadmap and typical patch cadence, is that Midnight will launch on February 24, 2026.
That would put this pre-patch about a month out from launch, which is the same timing as what we saw for The War Within and Dragonflight.
Author's summary: Discussing WoW's Midnight pre-patch launch date.