Keeping the Blizzard team happy

by Shawn Schuster on Jun 9th 2008 4:30PM

World of Warcraft, Betas, Fantasy, Business models, Expansions, Game mechanics, Interviews, MMO industry, PvP

In a recent interview over at CVG, Blizzard's senior producer on the Wrath of the Lich King project, J. Allen Brack, talks a bit about how the newest WoW expansion will be better than anything we've seen yet. He says that 95% of the team that worked on Burning Crusade have remained and are working on WotLK. This is an important distinction, as it means the team is happy. As Brack says, "It's a testament to Blizzard culture, the success of the game and the environment we've created."

This interview also touches on the state of PvP in WoW. The CVG interviewer makes some humorous remarks on the changes that have been made to PvP since it was first introduced, and asks if this trend will continue into WotLK. Brack believes that with the expansion's new Lake Wintergrasp area, players will enjoy the siege weapons and destructible environments it will introduce. Let's hope he's right!

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Tags: blizzard, burning-crusade, j-allen-brack, lake-wintergrasp, world-of-warcraft, wotlk, wow, wrath-of-the-lich-king

Reader Comments (3)

This is the most important paragraph in the interview:

"The thing I'm most proud of is the fact that the people who worked on Burning Crusade are also the people who worked on Wrath of the Lich King. When games ship in other companies, the people leave. That doesn't happen here: it's a testament to Blizzard culture, the success of the game, and the environment we've created." - JAB

WoW's siege weapons are going to be kids toys compaired to WAR

Hm. I can't decide if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

BC has cost them a lot of accounts and some goodwill. Their numbers climb based on new markets, not keeping and growing their original markets, which have soured and are spoilin' for something new to do.

Hopefully they will not repeat the design problems in WoTLK.