The MMORPG “World of Warcraft” will celebrate its 20th anniversary. The game platform is still limited to PC. Many players hope to use the console to travel Azeroth. Officials revealed at BlizzCon 2023 that they have considered this issue. Now Microsoft There are more possibilities after the successful acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
According to foreign media GamesRadar reportsHolly Longdale, vice president and executive producer of the “World of Warcraft” series, said in an interview that the team has long considered bringing this signature IP to the home console platform. Now that cross-platform games are gradually becoming more popular, technical complexity is no longer an obstacle, ” We are in a good position and that is why we are talking.”
With the exposure of the three expansion packs of “World Soul War”, Holly Longdale said that the current development focus is on these expansion packs. If they are put on the console, they will increase the playability, but they will have to “re-examine this matter. At present, we need to There are enough things to deal with.” It is obviously not in Blizzard’s priority planning for the time being.
“We already have three expansions, and the team is very excited, but it would be a lie to say that we haven’t considered this issue (console version).” Holly Longdale said with a smile, “We are now part of Microsoft ).” (We are Microsoft now.)
Longdale added that since the Activision Blizzard acquisition closed on October 13, the “World of Warcraft” team has not had much interaction with Xbox Game Studios. As for whether “World of Warcraft” will be launched on Xbox Series X, or even whether it will be imported into PC Game Pass, etc. The issues that players care about have not been discussed at this stage.
