will there be a wotlk classic

As the world eagerly awaits the dark horses of the next WoW expansion, many are wondering whether Blizzard will pull an Elysium and release a WoW: Classic server. Veteran beforethestorm has the answer.

Blizzard has no plans to release a WoW: Classic server, at least not in the near future. In an interview with PC Gamer, Lead Systems Designer Ghostcrawler was asked whether or not we would see a WoW: Classic server.

"We've talked about it," Ghostcrawler replied. "I think the answer is not anytime soon, and the reason is, as we've talked about before, it's really hard to go back. And part of what makes World of Warcraft special is that it's always building on theShould momentum a developer stop to work on new content and features in order to go back and support an older version?

"So it's not just the engineering and technical aspects of it, although that would be daunting, it's also just kind of... do we want to do that? Do we want to take people who are working on making World of Warcraft awesome in the future and say, 'No, you have to work on this 20-year-old game for a little bit.'"

So there you have it. No WoW: Classic server for the foreseeable future.