World of Warcraft’s expansion cycle is not the norm in the MMO genre. The Blizzard expansion cycle is a new boxed expansion every two years, on average. According to Gameinformer, which got to talk to Tom Chilton at the Gamescom show in Germany last week, Blizzard is on track for a more timely release schedule with World of Warcraft expansions.

Chilton told Gameinformer:

We’ve been able to do it in one sense, but not as much as I would like to in another sense. I would like for all patches to reliably have raid bosses. Our first Cataclysm patch didn’t have raid bosses. From a raider’s persepctive, it probably doesn’t feel any faster than it did before. For us, where the biggest improvement is going to be in this cycle is in the actual expansion release. Traditionally we’ve only been able to do an expansion about every two years. We’re really hoping to make a meaningful difference in that.Continue reading Blizzard looking for «meaningful difference» in expansion releasesFiled under: Blizzard, CataclysmBlizzard looking for «meaningful difference» in expansion releases originally appeared on WoW Insider on Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. | Permalink | Email this | Comments
World of Warcraft’s expansion cycle is not the norm in the MMO genre. The Blizzard expansion cycle is a new boxed expansion every two years, on average. According to Gameinformer, which got to talk to Tom Chilton at the Gamescom show in Germany last week, Blizzard is on track for a more timely release schedule with World of Warcraft expansions.

Chilton told Gameinformer:

We’ve been able to do it in one sense, but not as much as I would like to in another sense. I would like for all patches to reliably have raid bosses. Our first Cataclysm patch didn’t have raid bosses. From a raider’s persepctive, it probably doesn’t feel any faster than it did before. For us, where the biggest improvement is going to be in this cycle is in the actual expansion release. Traditionally we’ve only been able to do an expansion about every two years. We’re really hoping to make a meaningful difference in that.Continue reading Blizzard looking for «meaningful difference» in expansion releasesFiled under: Blizzard, CataclysmBlizzard looking for «meaningful difference» in expansion releases originally appeared on WoW Insider on Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. | Permalink | Email this | Comments