{"id":802621,"date":"2025-12-05T15:22:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T15:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1851400580"},"modified":"2025-12-05T15:22:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T15:22:48","slug":"cataclysm-the-reason-we-have-wow-classic-is-coming-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/cataclysm-the-reason-we-have-wow-classic-is-coming-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Cataclysm, The Reason We Have WoW Classic, Is Coming Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cataclysm-the-reason-we-have-wow-classic-is-coming-back.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In 2019, <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/blizzard-netease-games-china-return-1851397894\">Blizzard<\/a> launched <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/world-of-warcraft-classic-maybe-you-cant-go-home-again-1844611355\">World of Warcraft Classic<\/a>. The MMO lives alongside the modern version of the game, but gives players a way to return to the bygone eras of <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/world-of-warcraft-plunderstorm-battle-royale-1851352955\">WoW<\/a>. Classic began with 1.0 WoW and has since moved on to the game\u2019s subsequent expansions. Now, on <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com\/en-us\/news\/24064846\/the-cataclysm-classic-pre-expansion-patch-goes-live-april-30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 20<\/a>, Blizzard will be adding <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/world-of-warcraft-cataclysm-mmo-log-part-one-the-dog-5713538\">Cataclysm<\/a>, the very\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/world-of-warcraft-classic-cataclysm-release-date-1851400580\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/world-of-warcraft-classic-cataclysm-release-date-1851400580\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2019, Blizzard launched World of Warcraft Classic. The MMO lives alongside the modern version of the game, but gives players a way to return to the bygone eras of WoW. Classic began with 1.0 WoW and has since moved on to the game\u2019s subsequent expansions. Now, on May 20, Blizzard will be adding Cataclysm, the very\u2026 Read more&#8230; Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":802622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[1348,11350,1384,11348,11349,11353,11352,6576,6838,6578,1080,11351],"class_list":["post-802621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kotaku","tag-blizzard-entertainment","tag-blizzard-games","tag-blizzcon","tag-cataclysm","tag-classic-classic-television","tag-gameplay-of-world-of-warcraft","tag-lich","tag-massively-multiplayer-online-role-playing-games","tag-warcraft","tag-windows-games","tag-world-of-warcraft","tag-world-of-warcraft-cataclysm"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cataclysm, The Reason We Have WoW Classic, Is Coming Back | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In 2019, Blizzard launched World of Warcraft Classic. 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