TwistedVoxel reports that Blizzard Entertainment announced the franchise milestone for World of Warcraft: Forever. The publication says the game’s launch produced new highs in two categories: peak concurrent players and returning players. HCL.hr Vijesti separately reports that WoW Forever set new records, supporting the broader account of unusually strong engagement around the release.
The available reports do not include numerical totals for either peak concurrent players or returning players. They also do not establish the exact launch date or provide a detailed comparison baseline, so the scale of the records cannot be quantified from the supplied evidence.
A separate achievement adds a player-level milestone to the launch story. HCL.hr Vijesti reports that the player who was previously the first to reach level 60 in World of Warcraft Classic also reached level 60 in World of Warcraft: Forever. The report does not identify the player by name.
Taken together, the reporting establishes franchise records in concurrent and returning-player measures and describes a repeat level-60 achievement. The supplied material does not include a direct Blizzard announcement or official URL, and it leaves the record figures and the player’s identity unspecified.