The WoW Archivist explores the secrets of World of Warcraft’s past. What did the game look like years ago? Who is etched into WoW’s history? What secrets does the game still hold?

This week’s edition of the Archivist will be a little different than what you may be used to seeing. Rather than exploring a specific event in World of Warcraft’s history, we’re going to look at a bit of antiquated game design. Specifically, we will be looking at one of Blizzard’s old development practices: trying to hide content development in progress on live realms.

Before I begin, I want to note that to my knowledge, none of the hidden locations outlined in this article are accessible anymore. If there are still ways of accessing them on live realms, I want to request that none of you discuss the methods of entering these places on our site. Blizzard hid these places for a reason, even if it didn’t do it very well.

Follow along for a look at the Emerald Dream, an early Outland testing ground, and other Z-axis shortcuts and secrets.Continue reading WoW Archivist: The Emerald Dream, Outland, and other Z-axis secretsFiled under: Analysis / Opinion, WoW ArchivistWoW Archivist: The Emerald Dream, Outland, and other Z-axis secrets originally appeared on WoW Insider on Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
The WoW Archivist explores the secrets of World of Warcraft’s past. What did the game look like years ago? Who is etched into WoW’s history? What secrets does the game still hold?

This week’s edition of the Archivist will be a little different than what you may be used to seeing. Rather than exploring a specific event in World of Warcraft’s history, we’re going to look at a bit of antiquated game design. Specifically, we will be looking at one of Blizzard’s old development practices: trying to hide content development in progress on live realms.

Before I begin, I want to note that to my knowledge, none of the hidden locations outlined in this article are accessible anymore. If there are still ways of accessing them on live realms, I want to request that none of you discuss the methods of entering these places on our site. Blizzard hid these places for a reason, even if it didn’t do it very well.

Follow along for a look at the Emerald Dream, an early Outland testing ground, and other Z-axis shortcuts and secrets.Continue reading WoW Archivist: The Emerald Dream, Outland, and other Z-axis secretsFiled under: Analysis / Opinion, WoW ArchivistWoW Archivist: The Emerald Dream, Outland, and other Z-axis secrets originally appeared on WoW Insider on Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments