
The Battle Chest Box has disappeared from Blizzard's online store and a subscription allows all content to be accessed right up to Legion. The one exception to that is future expansion packs including the forthcoming Battle for Azeroth.Īs Polygon reports, Blizzard isn't making a big deal of this (yet).

Instead, simply subscribing allows access to all currently available content. Nearly 14 years later, and Blizzard is finally changing that model by dropping the requirement to purchase the game first. After that, a $14.99 a month subscription was required to keep playing. First, you needed to buy the game, which comes with 30 days of free play time. Since its release way back in 2004, World of Warcraft has stuck to a very familiar revenue model.


