Blizzard is releasing Dire Maul on October 15th in WoW Classic

This just in! Ion Hazzikostas has announced during an official content preview video that on October 15th Blizzard will be releasing Dire Maul ahead of the Phase 2 launch!

Dire Maul was originally slated for a phase 2 release, however due to player feedback they have moved just the Dire Maul release portion ahead of schedule. The remaining items for phase 2 will still be released at an undetermined date in the future.