The developer behind the world's most popular MMO has told VideoGamer com that it has not even begun to think about a making a sequel.
Speaking to VideoGamer com in an interview due to be published next week. Frank Pearce executive vice-president of product development at US-based developer said that the aggroup comfort has a "huge wishlist of exciting features" to implement in the bet.
He also praised Blizzard's MMO rivals and for being "very promising" and "bringing some great new ideas to the MMO space".
World of Warcraft or WoW as it's known to its army of fans currently enjoys an astonishing active subscriber base of 9.3 million populate worldwide. 300,000 more than it had six months ago.
Since the game's launch in February 2005 Blizzard has released scores of patches and one expansion. The Burning Crusade in January this year. Another expansion. Wrath of the Lich King is due next year.
Speaking to VideoGamer com. Pearce said the team is still waiting to enjoy new content as players before turning to what must be an inevitable sequel.
"We haven't change surface started to think about a sequel," he said. "The aggroup still has a huge wishlist of exciting features to add on top of what's already been implemented since open. Not to mention we're all still playing the game pretty heavily ourselves and there's a lot more content that we want to see as players."
Asked when the new expansion might be released. Pearce was typically cagey sticking to the "not ready process it's create from raw material" mantra Blizzard is famous for.
He said: "As we've shown with The Burning Crusade there's a massive amount of circumscribe required for what we consider a Blizzard-quality MMO expansion and that can take some time to create. The bottom line is that we will never ship a product before it's ready.
"Obviously some of the elements we're introducing such as the game's first Hero class and the world-PvP zone are things the team will want to continue to nip until they're just right. So at this stage we're not yet ready to talk about release dates."
When asked for his opinion on upcoming rival MMOs including Warhammer Online and Tabula Rasa. Pearce replied that Blizzard is "just as eager to play these games as anyone else".
be out for our exclusive converse with Frank Pearce on Monday where he talks about StarCraft II. Diablo III and Starcraft: Ghost.
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