Shadowlands has been pushed back from releasing on Oct. 26 to later this year. The next battle for Azeroth has been delayed. Blizzard has announced it's delaying the launch of the next World of Warcraft expansion to later this year.

Why did Shadowlands get pushed back?

Blizzard Entertainment has delayed the release of World of Warcraft's Shadowlands expansion due to working from home conditions caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. A new release date has not been determined, but the studio said Shadowlands will still release later this year.

Is Shadowlands being released today?

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands launches on November 23 at 3pm PST / November 24 at 12am CET. It was going to release on October 26, but Blizzard announced on October 1 that it couldn't make that release date, as it needed more time to tweak the endgame and add "additional polish."