When World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic was announced at BlizzConline earlier this year, the expansion was given a vague 2021 launch window. As 2021 progresses further, the question of when exactly the expansion will release is being asked with greater frequency. Recently, of course, Blizzard mistakenly went live with advertisements on the Battle.net launcher that mentioned a June 1 launch for Burning Crusade Classic (and it wasn’t the first time they themselves leaked an announcement related to the expansion either).

Now, there’s been another development. In Activision’s recent quarterly earnings call, while speaking about the output of Activision-Blizzard in the coming months and in 2021 as a whole, chief commercial officer Armin Zerza said that World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic was going to launch “in the coming months.”

Of course, that’s not an exact answer by any means, and technically, it still falls in line with the currently confirmed 2021 launch window- so it doesn’t necessarily suggest a narrower release timing. That said, given the fact that the aforementioned June 1 date came from Blizzard itself, one would think that that’s what Zerza is referring to here.

Either way, we’ll keep you updated on any new info that comes our way, so stay tuned.

World of Warcraft Classic is an excellent way for fans of Blizzard’s perennially successful MMORPG to go back to the good old days and experience the game through a window looking back in time. When it first launched, it let players jump into the game as it existed back when it first came around, and soon, Blizzard will be adding to it by giving the Classic treatment to the MMO’s first expansion, Burning Crusade as well.

It’s been confirmed for some time that Burning Crusade Classic is going to launch in 2021, but though an exact release date is yet to be announced, it seems Blizzard may have spilled the beans themselves earlier than they were supposed to (much like they did with the Classic expansion’s announcement as well). Multiple advertisements recently went live on the Battle.net launcher stating that Burning Crusade Classic would be launching on June 1. Though the advertisements have since been taken down, several of them have been uploaded over on Reddit (via Wowhead).

It’s likely that an official announcement is not far away, so stay tuned, and we’ll keep you updated on any new details that come out way.

Blizzard seem to have some big plans in place for BlizzConline, which kicks off in some hours from now, and updates on the likes of Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 are pretty much guaranteed. Before the show goes live though, it seems some of Blizzard’s plans have begun leaking. In fact, Blizzard themselves may have prematurely spilled the beans on which might be a big reveal.

As reported by Wowhead, Blizzard recently sent out press kits earlier than they were supposed to, mistakenly unveiling plans for a major addition to World of Warcraft Classic, with Burning Crusade – the MMORPG’s first major expansion from back in 2007 – reportedly getting the same classic treatment that the base game got a couple of years ago.

“Journey through the Dark Portal once again in World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic,” the message accompanying the press kit reportedly reads. “Originally released in January 2007, The Burning Crusade summoned the heroes of Azeroth to the shattered and fel-scarred realm of Outland to stop an invasion of the demonic Burning Legion. In 2021, Blizzard Entertainment’s recreation of the first World of Warcraft expansion will give players from around the world a chance to return to Outland as it once was to relive an era of timeless adventure—or experience what awaits beyond the Dark Portal for the first time.”

Other BlizzConline announcements have also leaked recently, including a new class for Diablo 4, and a remaster of Diablo 2 that is supposedly launching later this year.

BlizzConline kicks off at 2 PM PT later today. Stay tuned for all the updates from the event.