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11-12-2008, 01:31 PM
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.wowinsider.com/media/2008/11/wowscrnshot_082408_143549.jpgWoW's lead producer J. Allen Brack (who we spoke with back at BlizzCon (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/10/blizzcon-2008-wow-insider-interviews-j-allen-brack/)) is making the rounds -- he was on the radio this morning at Dallas' Live 105.3 (http://www.live1053.com/) (thanks to everyone who sent that in), and earlier, he spoke with the Detroit Free Press (http://www.freep.com/article/20081111/ENT06/811110395/1044/ENT06) about how WoW became so incredibly popular and what Blizzard is doing with the game's second expansion. There are even a few spoilers in there, about how phasing is used in the game, and a few different situations that haven't yet been covered later on in Northrend.
Brack also confirms that Blizzard ripped off Xbox Live's achievements system (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/08/07/kaplan-on-achievements-and-how-blizzard-is-doing-them-differentl/), which we all knew, but that's what makes it so much fun. He says that achievements will likely be included in the Armory eventually, but all we get is a chuckle and a "stay tuned." And finally, he says Blizzard was amazed by how well players took to vehicle play in the game -- while that was only planned for a few places, when they saw how much players loved it, they really took off with it. The bombing runs, he says, were one of the most popular things (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/02/27/breakfast-topic-whats-your-favorite-quest/) in Burning Crusade, so they went for that feel again in quite a few places inside Wrath of the Lich King.
Nice interview -- good to see how excited Blizzard is to get this content out to players. The Free Press also has a review of the expansion (http://www.freep.com/article/20081111/ENT06/811110396/1044/ENT06) (glowing, naturally), and a quick story about how people are taking off work in Michigan (http://www.freep.com/article/20081111/ENT06/811110382) just to play it. And of course, all of it just leads to one conclusion: we can;t wait.http://www.wowinsider.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.wowinsider.com)Detroit Free Press talks to J. Allen Brack about what's new in Wrath (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/12/detroit-free-press-talks-to-j-allen-brack-about-whats-new-in-w/) originally appeared on WoW Insider (http://www.wowinsider.com) on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.wowinsider.com/media/2008/11/wowscrnshot_082408_143549.jpgWoW's lead producer J. Allen Brack (who we spoke with back at BlizzCon (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/10/blizzcon-2008-wow-insider-interviews-j-allen-brack/)) is making the rounds -- he was on the radio this morning at Dallas' Live 105.3 (http://www.live1053.com/) (thanks to everyone who sent that in), and earlier, he spoke with the Detroit Free Press (http://www.freep.com/article/20081111/ENT06/811110395/1044/ENT06) about how WoW became so incredibly popular and what Blizzard is doing with the game's second expansion. There are even a few spoilers in there, about how phasing is used in the game, and a few different situations that haven't yet been covered later on in Northrend.
Brack also confirms that Blizzard ripped off Xbox Live's achievements system (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/08/07/kaplan-on-achievements-and-how-blizzard-is-doing-them-differentl/), which we all knew, but that's what makes it so much fun. He says that achievements will likely be included in the Armory eventually, but all we get is a chuckle and a "stay tuned." And finally, he says Blizzard was amazed by how well players took to vehicle play in the game -- while that was only planned for a few places, when they saw how much players loved it, they really took off with it. The bombing runs, he says, were one of the most popular things (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/02/27/breakfast-topic-whats-your-favorite-quest/) in Burning Crusade, so they went for that feel again in quite a few places inside Wrath of the Lich King.
Nice interview -- good to see how excited Blizzard is to get this content out to players. The Free Press also has a review of the expansion (http://www.freep.com/article/20081111/ENT06/811110396/1044/ENT06) (glowing, naturally), and a quick story about how people are taking off work in Michigan (http://www.freep.com/article/20081111/ENT06/811110382) just to play it. And of course, all of it just leads to one conclusion: we can;t wait.http://www.wowinsider.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.wowinsider.com)Detroit Free Press talks to J. Allen Brack about what's new in Wrath (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/12/detroit-free-press-talks-to-j-allen-brack-about-whats-new-in-w/) originally appeared on WoW Insider (http://www.wowinsider.com) on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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