WoW: Forever Trailer Makes Fun Of Pirate Software

World Of Warcraft: Forever Official Marketing Takes Shots At Pirate Software Published Oct 31, 2026, 8:52 AM EDT George is the Lead News Editor for TheGamer, and has been working in the industry since 2021 after graduating from the University of South Wales with a bachelor's degree in Journalism. He has also previously written for RPG Site, WhatCulture, and PlayStation Lifestyle. George is an expert on platformers, action games, and fighters, but tends to play as many releases as possible. This hands-on experience lets him dive into gaming communities and follow the latest trends. Some of the games George has extensively covered first-hand include Dead Rising, Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero, Assassin's Creed Shadows, and Ninja Gaiden 4. A new promotional video highlighting World of Warcraft: Forever’s Booty Bay takes a potshot at Pirate Software’s infamous raid incident from 2025. Although it’s fair to say that Pirate Software is mostly known for his loud opposition to the Stop Killing Games movement and the ensuing backlash that followed, he’s also quite the figure in World of Warcraft. Like with the SKG situation, though, it’s not exactly for positive reasons, as he’s become both a meme and a martyr. The drama stems from Pirate Software’s involvement in a Dire Maul raid with OnlyFangs back in 2025, where the streamer, playing as a mage, abandoned his group and caused the death of two members. After much arguing and criticism, it eventually led to Pirate Software being kicked from the group, something that now even Blizzard is making fun of. Pirate Software’s 2025 Raid Controversy Referenced In WoW: Forever Trailer “The Type That Goes Soft And Abandons You” As pointed out by Twitter user NyceGamingYT, IGN recently uploaded a new trailer for World of Warcraft: Forever, which features Bill Bailey as a narrator highlighting some of the game’s iconic locations. The latest episode of the series features a look at Booty Bay, with Bailey noting that it’s where you’ll find “goblins, gankers, and pirates”. Bailey goes on to note that, when he says pirates, he means the swashbuckling kind and not “the type that goes soft and abandons you to be mauled when the situation gets dire”. This is, of course, a very unsubtle reference to Pirate Software and the Dire Maul raid controversy, which many said was just him being a coward and saving his own skin. There’s also a cheeky Jet2 reference at the end, but that’s not quite as noteworthy. Funny, though. As of the time of writing, Pirate Software, also known as Thor, hasn’t replied to Blizzard’s dig, even though pretty much every World of Warcraft player has spotted the reference and said how great it is. While it has been quite some time since the incident occurred, I can’t imagine he’ll take it too well considering how much damage it ended up doing. World of Warcraft: Forever Systems Released November 4, 2026 Developer(s) Blizzard Publisher(s) Blizzard Multiplayer Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op Franchise Warcraft Number of Players Single-player PC Release Date November 4, 2026 Genre(s) MMORPG, Action, Adventure