Entertainment · Gaming · 14 hrs ago
WoW: Forever controller support could broaden where the game can be played
Blizzard is adding full controller support to World of Warcraft: Forever, a new version of its long-running online game.
Forever reimagines the game’s classic world with new content and is due to launch on November 4.
The game has been played almost exclusively with a mouse and keyboard for 22 years.
Vice president Holly Longdale called controller support the first step toward letting players play wherever and, eventually, on whatever they want.
She mentioned Project Helix, the codename for Xbox’s next console, but Blizzard has not confirmed a console version of World of Warcraft.
Controller support could also make the game easier to play on handheld devices such as the Xbox ROG Ally X. Whether WoW will come to other devices remains unknown, while Blizzard prepares Forever’s launch and makes further game changes.
World of Warcraft: Forever will launch with full controller support, a first for the long-running PC-exclusive MMORPG.
Blizzard says controller support is the first step toward making the game playable on more devices.
Executive producer Holly Longdale said the company wants players to play WoW “wherever you want, and, at some point, on whatever you want.”
Longdale mentioned Project Helix, the codename for Xbox’s next console, but Blizzard has not confirmed a console version of WoW.
Forever is scheduled to launch on November 4.
- Who
- Blizzard Entertainment, including WoW executive producer and vice president Holly Longdale.
- What
- World of Warcraft: Forever will launch with full controller support. Blizzard describes this as a first step toward making WoW playable on more devices.
- When
- Forever launches November 4. The articles were published October 29, 2026.
- Where
- The game is currently a PC-exclusive MMORPG; other platforms were discussed as a possibility, not confirmed.
- Why
- Blizzard says controller support is a first step toward giving players more flexibility in where and how they play.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Articles reported Longdale’s comments about controller support and WoW’s possible future on more platforms.
World of Warcraft: Forever is scheduled to launch with controller support.
- Controller support
- Full support launches with World of Warcraft: Forever
- Launch date
- November 4
- Project Helix
- Codename for Xbox’s next console
- Controller keybinds
- 28 available, according to GameSpot’s hands-on report
- ROG Ally X
- A handheld device mentioned as an example of where players have got WoW working
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Blizzard hints at console ports for World of Warcraft: Forever - "Play it wherever you want and, at some point, on whatever you want"
World of Warcraft on Xbox? Blizzard name-drops Project Helix while talking about WoW’s future beyond PC
WoW: Forever Controller Support Is A First Step To Playing The MMO On “Whatever You Want”
What people are saying
What you just described is really what we're after. Play it wherever you want and, at some point, on whatever you want.
Looking at where things are going when we hear about Project Helix, et cetera, I think platforms will be a bit more ubiquitous.
I think just doing some of the work we’re doing on gamepad [support] is going to give players a lot of flexibility that I think goes beyond consoles.