In an interview with GameSpot, World of Warcraft Sport Director Ion Hazzikostas hinted that one other old-world revamp of Azeroth is “prone to occur”. The final time this occurred was the 2010 WoW enlargement Cataclysm. In line with Hazzikostas, the event staff would study classes from Cataclysm which obtained lots of unfavorable criticism for deleting elements of the 2004-era WoW that many gamers liked. The purpose could be to make use of fashionable options to protect presently present items of the sport.

“We’re undoubtedly open to it in some unspecified time in the future,” Hazzikostas advised GameSpot. “It’s a shortcoming, if you happen to take a step again and take into consideration World of Warcraft as an ongoing residing world, if we’ve form of painted ourselves right into a nook the place we have now all these iconic areas however we will’t actually use them as a result of they’ve already been used.”

Regardless that not everybody likes this form of change, it’s undoubtedly an comprehensible state of affairs for WoW. The favored MMORPG turns 20 subsequent yr and far of the present sport world exists on outdated know-how and belongings. Nevertheless, with the recognition of World of Warcraft: Traditional, it’s simple to grasp why the hesitance is there. Regardless that the 2 video games run individually from one another, part of the participant base prefers the outdated content material.

New enlargement on the horizon

Blizzard revealed the ultimate replace of the present enlargement World of Warcraft: Dragonflight yesterday. The replace will pave the way in which for the following WoW enlargement which can get a reveal at BlizzCon 2023. The occasion takes place November 3-4 and the announcement is predicted to return within the opening ceremony. Regardless that Hazzikostas didn’t affirm when the revamp will occur, we may see it as quickly as this subsequent enlargement. Nevertheless, it’s additionally attainable we see the beginning of the revamp, however not all the factor. The entire overhaul may happen over the course of the enlargement and even a number of expansions.

Dragonflight has been one of many higher expansions not too long ago, so hopefully the brand new enlargement builds upon it. Legendary author Chris Metzen, one of many authentic creators of Warcraft, not too long ago returned to Blizzard. Hopefully, he’s a big a part of the artistic course of and can assist construct upon the positives of Dragonflight.

Wanting again, Cataclysm was undoubtedly not the best enlargement. Apart from visually, the world revamp felt like a downgrade versus an improve in some ways. I wouldn’t thoughts seeing a extra fashionable tackle a whole overhaul although, utilizing what Blizzard has discovered during the last 20 years.