World of Warcraft devs hint at graphical reboot, speak on ten man raids

Published: May 16, 2008, 4:08 pm

What happens when you get three of the head honchos responsible for Blizzard's World of Warcraft to sit down and have a discussion about Wrath of the Lich King? You're going to get a lot of information about where the game will be going.Eurogamer recently had an interview with World of Warcraft producer J. Allen Brack, and lead designers Tom Chilton and Jeff Kaplan, where they spoke about a possible graphic update for the game as well as allowing both 10- and 25-player teams in all raid instances.While Wrath of the Lich King will be getting a good revamp with some new optional effects for those with high-end PCs, a complete engine overhaul is still being considered by the developers. This isn't a new idea to Blizzard though as Brack explained, "that's actually something we talk about every expansion, I'm positive we'll talk about it next expansion."Brack said that they are being very careful with this because games such as Ultima Online and EverQuest have attempted this, and met

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