https://www.polygon.com/blizzcon/2018/11/2/18057498/world-of-warcraft-tides-of-vengeance-launch-date-blizzcon > World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth’s first major patch — Tides of Vengeance — is set to release later this year, on Dec. 11 in North America. Patch 8.1 brings a few key changes to Battle for Azeroth’s systems, as well as some extra content for players to engage with. At the World of Warcraft: What’s Next panel at BlizzCon 2018, the game’s developers ran down all the content coming early next month. > Tides of Vengeance is the story of the Alliance striking back against the Horde, with the Night Elves taking center stage after their home was burned down in the pre-patch. The upcoming patch also features a Horde versus Alliance raid — a first in World of Warcraft history — where each faction will have a completely different raid order, despite eventually all fighting all the same bosses.