In an interview ahead of the launch of World of Warcraft: Legion, the sixth expansion, we asked Blizzard game designers Jeremy Feasel and Jonathan LeCraft, how many more we could expect to see.
Jeremy Feasel: Well, we see the game as evergreen honestly. If we were to put our cards on the table we didn't think the game would go this long. If you think of traditional game expansions, you know, the games that Blizzard would be doing, we think of one main game possibly two expansions and that's normal. With WoW what we found is that we didn't want to stop playing the game and therefore we didn't want to stop making the game. So for as long as we're interested in playing we'll be interested in making it. As far as we can tell we're still going strong, this expansion has a ton of stuff to do it's really hard to put the beta down. Like you start playing and you always want to get the last upgrade, the last world quests in for your bounties and stuff, and it's really engaging. So yeah, we don't see the end quite yet.
Jonathan: I think 37 is probably a decent guess. (laughs)
Jeremy: I was going to say 35.
Jonathan: I'm optimistic.
Head this way for the full interview with Feasel and LeCraft, and here for our hands-on impressions of the upcoming expansion.