Since its debut in 2004, Blizzard's World of Warcraft has been one of the most consistently popular games. The unstoppable MMORPG is one of the biggest video game releases of all time, but it's never made its way to consoles. Now it appears as though that may be changing in the future, as the Brazil ratings board has given an Xbox Series X rating to the game's upcoming Shadowlands expansion.
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands coming to Xbox Series X as a console exclusive would be huge. It would potentially introduce a whole new audience to World of Warcraft, not to mention give the Xbox Series X a major console-exclusive to help it better compete with PS5. However, it's worth pointing out that there is no evidence for the World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Xbox Series X version beyond the ratings classification, and so fans should keep their expectations in check. It's entirely possible that this was in error and there are currently no plans to bring the world's biggest MMORPG to Xbox Series X.
If World of Warcraft: Shadowlands was going to come to Xbox Series X, one has to imagine that Microsoft would have shown it at the Xbox Games Showcase event. Then again, Microsoft was mainly focused on first-party Xbox games, which could explain why it ultimately didn't show the rumored World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Xbox Series X port during the presentation.
With BlizzCon 2020 canceled, it's unclear when an announcement like this will take place. Maybe Microsoft will announce World of Warcraft: Shadowlands for Xbox Series X at an upcoming Xbox 20/20 event, or maybe Blizzard will be the one to make the announcement. Of course, this is assuming that World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is even coming to Xbox Series X and the rating wasn't made in error, which seems like the more likely possibility.
Then again, Blizzard has been working on World of Warcraft controller support for both PlayStation and Xbox controllers, so maybe a console port of Shadowlands isn't entirely out of the question. Whatever the case may be, hopefully World of Warcraft and Xbox Series X fans get some clarification sooner rather than later.
World of Warcraft is available now for PC.