Share. Return to a past Azeroth this August. Return to a past Azeroth this August.

Blizzard has announced that World of Warcraft Classic will be released for PC and Mac on August 27, 2019, and that a collector's edition with a statue of Ragnaros will be released that celebrates WoW's 15-year anniversary.

On August 27, players will be able to return to Azeroth as it was during the Drums of War update (patch 1.12) and all will have the honor of once again being able to "assemble a 40-player raid to take on the fiery hazards of Molten Core; fight for their faction in the ongoing world PvP struggle between Southshore and Tarren Mill; muster a realm-wide war effort to open the gates of Ahn’Qiraj; and much more."

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Following its release, WoW Classic will receive updates over multiple phases that will be released in a similar fashion to the original's order and all of this and more will be included with existing World of Warcraft subscriptions at no additional cost.

Beginning on May 15, certain WoW players will be invited to "participate in a small-scale, focused closed beta test, helping ensure WoW Classic nails its goal of authenticity." Additionally, there will be certain stress tests from May through July that will allow players to jump back into their memories of how Azeroth once was.

Alongside the WoW Classic announcement is the news that World of Warcraft will be getting a 15-year anniversary collector's edition which includes a statue of Ragnaros, Onyxia Pin, map of Azeroth mouse pad, art prints, Alabaster Stonetalon mount for the Alliance, and the Alabaster Thunderwing mount for the Horde.

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The collector's edition will be released on October 8, 2019 for $99.99 USD and can be pre-ordered from the Blizzard Gear store now.

World of Warcraft Classic was first revealed during the BlizzCon 2017 keynote with the mission, according to Blizzard, to "reproduce the game experience that we all enjoyed from the original classic WoW without the launch experience."

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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN who really loves the look of this collector's edition. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst.