Chris Mason, the most important veteran + founder of World of Warcraft, returned to the "Warcraft" leadership team as a creative consultant in December last year. At that time, the news was posted by the general manager of Warcraft on a private Twitter account, indicating that Mason's An appointment is on a part-time basis only. Not long ago, Blizzard officially announced on its official website that Mason has been promoted to the executive creative director of the "Warcraft" universe. Mason has returned to the position of senior executive of World of Warcraft, proving that the future of this game will undergo major changes. Perhaps this is the "Make The beginning of "WOW great again".
Blizzard announced: "We are very excited to announce that Chris Mason has joined the World of Warcraft universe full-time as executive creative director. His primary focus currently is supporting our World of Warcraft leadership team in building the next generation of adventures.
Chris played a key role in developing the foundation of the Warcraft universe, and we're excited to have him join our team again to shape the future.
At BlizzCon, he and the team will be sharing what we've been working on. Hope to see you there! "
Mason left Blizzard in 2016. At that time, he suffered from severe panic attacks. Not only would he experience sudden extreme fear, but he would also be accompanied by symptoms such as chest pain, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, and dizziness. He would even have attacks while watching movies and entertainment. This resulted in Mason being unable to work at all and had to leave the development of his beloved World of Warcraft when he was only 42 years old.
At that time, World of Warcraft was at its peak, and Legion was a huge success. The number of active online players exceeded that of the WLK version. Mason's sudden departure was indeed a major blow to World of Warcraft. After the Legion version, Warcraft's performance became more and more Mediocrity may have a lot to do with the creative team losing its soul.
Mason and his team announced that they will announce the "next generation" of World of Warcraft at BlizzCon, rather than the "next World of Warcraft expansion." It is clear that the future of World of Warcraft will be full of variables.
According to known information, Blizzard plans to create a grand game layout for the World of Warcraft IP, which currently includes the following five directions:
1. The official World of Warcraft server continues to be developed and updated frequently, ensuring major updates every quarter and minor updates every month.
2. The possible new timeline of World of Warcraft. This is the news from the 4chan website, saying that World of Warcraft will be redone from level 70 to a version that does not travel through the Outland. This gameplay may be launched in the World of Warcraft season server, or it may be a comprehensive remake of World of Warcraft.
3. World of Warcraft Classic Server continues to be developed. According to official reports, everything from Cataclysm to Pandaren and Legion may be launched online.
4. Develop niche gameplay to retain core players and exposure, such as the current hardcore World of Warcraft server.
5. Transformation of World of Warcraft IP into mobile games, including the current Warcraft War and the development of other Warcraft mobile games with future partners.
Since Mr. Mason was invited back by Microsoft, his plan for World of Warcraft is likely to be different from the current plan of Activision Blizzard. The future of the World of Warcraft universe may undergo major changes. Let us look forward to what will happen at BlizzCon. News!