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After 20 years, what next for World of Warcraft?


The game's maker Activision Blizzard was bought by Microsoft last year in gaming's biggest ever acquisition

But when BBC Newsbeat spoke to two of World of Warcraft's most senior bosses earlier this month - and before the BlizzCon announcement - they insisted they weren't expecting any major changes for the franchise. It's not unique to World of Warcraft and the game's associate design director, Maria Hamilton, told Newsbeat it was something Blizzard was trying their best to address but will probably never completely eliminate. Representation is a big topic in the games industry at the moment and World of Warcraft has previously been criticised for including characters deemed by some players to be racist or misogynistic.

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