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I love World of Warcraft, but I wish Blizzard would stop looking backwards

How is it that the most exciting thing about Warcraft in 2024 is old Warcraft games from the mid 90s? I can't have been…

HearthStone, as we were repeatedly reminded during the Warcraft Direct, is now 10 years old, and Overwatch is unironically having a Classic moment of its own, reinstating 6v6 play in a call-back to the game's original launch. Clearly, life at the studio hasn't been easy, and I have every admiration for the people who've stuck it out and are the new face of Blizzard, and who've turned out games like Diablo 4 and the World of Warcraft expansions we see now. Perhaps this is the curse of extraordinary live game success, an eternal clinging to a previous high and reluctance to do anything that might upset the audience and recurring paycheck.

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