A Once-Dismissed Warcraft Leak May Have Just Revealed Blizzard’s Huge Plans For The Franchise
Overview & Key Takeaways
A leak from nearly a year ago allegedly revealing Blizzard's huge plans for the Warcraft franchise is looking more legitimate after a recent datamine seems to have corroborated a key aspect of it.
In August 2025, Reddit user 5thyatch (as highlighted by Warcraft-content creator Bellular) posted an image of a document that reportedly showed a timeline of Warcraft-related releases up through 2030, including the release windows for the next several World of Warcraft expansions as well as two unannounced games and even two television shows. It also highlighted the release of something called "Camelot" related to WoW Classic for the end of this year.
Though 5thyatch's account and posts have since been deleted, eagle-eyed Warcraft fans on Reddit have now resurfaced the leak using the Wayback Machine in the wake of a recent datamine that looks to add credence to it being the real deal. Wowhead recently found evidence of Heroic and Epic editions of something called World of Warcraft Camelot on Blizzard's internal servers.
Camelot, then, looks to be real, with many fans theorizing it's the long-rumored Classic+ version of WoW Classic that will see Blizzard adding new content to the original, "Vanilla" version of the old-school MMORPG without progressing to the game's numerous expansions. Blizzard has previously teased a major announcement related to Classic for BlizzCon 2026, and the Camelot release window shown in the leak seems to indicate it could be coming shortly after its rumored BlizzCon reveal.
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If Camelot is real, then the rest of the leaked document also starts to be more believable, despite how far-fetched some of it may seem at first glance. The leak accurately predicted the release window for WoW's Midnight expansion before it was known, and lists the game's next expansion, The Last Titan, to be coming towards the end of 2027.
WoW expansions, however, are just the tip of the iceberg. The leak also shows a new RTS game titled Warcraft Chronicles is slated for a late 2028 release. It would be the first new Warcraft RTS since Warcraft 3's Frozen Throne expansion in 2003. In addition, an untitled Arthas ARPG is scheduled for late 2029. It's unclear if ARPG in this case means a top-down, Diablo-style game or a character-action RPG starring the Lich King himself, but either scenario would be a major departure for the franchise.
The leak additionally makes a point to highlight what appear to be tie-in shows related to both the untitled Arthas game and Warcraft Chronicles. When this leak first appeared last year, the idea of Blizzard working on multiple television shows (one animated and one live-action, according to the leak), seemed outlandish. But it would be around six months after the leak surfaced that Blizzard began to signal it had more planned for the Warcraft franchise than just WoW. Blizzard vice president and executive producer Holly Longdale said in February the Warcraft IP is "underutilized" and that Blizzard has "a bigger vision" for Warcraft "than simply being an MMORPG." That same month, Blizzard president Johanna Faries in an interview said "exciting conversations" were happening regarding Hollywood adaptations of Blizzard IP.
It's worth noting that even if this leak is geniune, there's no telling when this alleged internal Blizzard document is actually from. It might not represent Blizzard's current plans any longer. The new Warcraft RTS or Arthas spin-off could have been canceled in the last few years, as Blizzard leadership has somewhat infamously said it historically cancels 50% of its projects before they see the light of day.
Given that Blizzard's parent company Xbox is rumored to be undergoing major layoffs soon, it's unclear how Blizzard's various unannounced projects may fare. Xbox president Asha Sharma in a public memo has signaled a desire for Xbox to focus more heavily on its "industry-defining franchises" that she says have in the past not been "adequately funded" to "compete and win." It's unclear if Xbox considers Warcraft one of those key franchises.
A leak from nearly a year ago allegedly revealing Blizzard’s huge plans for the Warcraft franchise is looking more legitimate after a recent datamine seems to have corroborated a key aspect of it.
In August 2025, Reddit user 5thyatch (as highlighted by Warcraft-content creator Bellular) posted an image of a document that reportedly showed a timeline of Warcraft-related releases up through 2030, including the release windows for the next several World of Warcraft expansions as well as two unannounced games and even two television shows. It also highlighted the release of something called “Camelot” related to WoW Classic for the end of this year.
Though 5thyatch’s account and posts have since been deleted, eagle-eyed Warcraft fans on Reddit have now resurfaced the leak using the Wayback Machine in the wake of a recent datamine that looks to add credence to it being the real deal. Wowhead recently found evidence of Heroic and Epic editions of something called World of Warcraft Camelot on Blizzard’s internal servers.
Camelot, then, looks to be real, with many fans theorizing it’s the long-rumored Classic+ version of WoW Classic that will see Blizzard adding new content to the original, “Vanilla” version of the old-school MMORPG without progressing to the game’s numerous expansions. Blizzard has previously teased a major announcement related to Classic for BlizzCon 2026, and the Camelot release window shown in the leak seems to indicate it could be coming shortly after its rumored BlizzCon reveal.
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If Camelot is real, then the rest of the leaked document also starts to be more believable, despite how far-fetched some of it may seem at first glance. The leak accurately predicted the release window for WoW’s Midnight expansion before it was known, and lists the game’s next expansion, The Last Titan, to be coming towards the end of 2027.
WoW expansions, however, are just the tip of the iceberg. The leak also shows a new RTS game titled Warcraft Chronicles is slated for a late 2028 release. It would be the first new Warcraft RTS since Warcraft 3’s Frozen Throne expansion in 2003. In addition, an untitled Arthas ARPG is scheduled for late 2029. It’s unclear if ARPG in this case means a top-down, Diablo-style game or a character-action RPG starring the Lich King himself, but either scenario would be a major departure for the franchise.
The leak additionally makes a point to highlight what appear to be tie-in shows related to both the untitled Arthas game and Warcraft Chronicles. When this leak first appeared last year, the idea of Blizzard working on multiple television shows (one animated and one live-action, according to the leak), seemed outlandish. But it would be around six months after the leak surfaced that Blizzard began to signal it had more planned for the Warcraft franchise than just WoW. Blizzard vice president and executive producer Holly Longdale said in February the Warcraft IP is “underutilized” and that Blizzard has “a bigger vision” for Warcraft “than simply being an MMORPG.” That same month, Blizzard president Johanna Faries in an interview said “exciting conversations” were happening regarding Hollywood adaptations of Blizzard IP.
It’s worth noting that even if this leak is geniune, there’s no telling when this alleged internal Blizzard document is actually from. It might not represent Blizzard’s current plans any longer. The new Warcraft RTS or Arthas spin-off could have been canceled in the last few years, as Blizzard leadership has somewhat infamously said it historically cancels 50% of its projects before they see the light of day.
Given that Blizzard’s parent company Xbox is rumored to be undergoing major layoffs soon, it’s unclear how Blizzard’s various unannounced projects may fare. Xbox president Asha Sharma in a public memo has signaled a desire for Xbox to focus more heavily on its “industry-defining franchises” that she says have in the past not been “adequately funded” to “compete and win.” It’s unclear if Xbox considers Warcraft one of those key franchises.
