WoW Forever: The Forever Journey begins with Norway

Blizzard has published the first episode of The Forever Journey, a video series made around the launch of WoW: Forever. Episode 1 is set in Norway and runs for about 23 minutes. It went out on the official World of Warcraft channel on 24 October.

The episode features Guzu, Snupy and Stian Blipp. Blizzard describes the series as taking World of Warcraft beyond the screen, one location and one moment at a time, and opens it with engines roaring and battle cries over the fjords. The numbering and the title of episode 1 make clear that more parts are planned, though Blizzard has not said how many or when they will appear.

This is promotion rather than game news: nothing in the episode changes how WoW: Forever plays. It belongs to the same Nordic push that earlier in October handed out free beta codes in Sweden and Denmark.

The beta is now over, and the next fixed date is launch. In Europe WoW: Forever opens at 23:00 London time on 4 November, which is midnight on 5 November in Central Europe.