WOW still aiming for annual expansions
Not next time though, says Morhaime.
Blizzard is still aiming to release World of Warcraft expansions annually, but following Wrath of the Lich King fans won't see another for more than a year, says the developer's chief executive, Mike Morhaime.
"That's still the ideal goal," he told Eurogamer, when we asked if Blizzard still planned to release an expansion each year. "But as with anything, there is this underlying rule that trumps everything, which is that we'll take as much time as we need until... it reaches the expectations of ourselves and our players."
"Right now we're on the longer-than-a-year plan," he explained. "The next one, I think it is still unlikely that we're going to get it down to a calendar year."
Blizzard's boss added: "We're going to continue to try and decrease that, but really the content of the expansion is more important, and I think you guys are going to find with Wrath of the Lich King that it's going to be worth the wait."