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World of Warcraft's director on Forever v Retail, Horde v Alliance and more - Windows Central
Publisher description: We spoke to World of Warcraft's Ion Hazzikostas to learn about the direction and future of the world's most recognizable MMORPG.
NewsAPI | Sep 18, 2026 | Jez Corden
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Blizzard's Ion Hazzikostas spoke with us about the future of WoW. There are already things in WoW Forever that retail players are hoping to see emerge in the modern era of the game. I asked Ion Hazzikostas pretty broadly, will WoW Forever lead to further degradation of WoW Retail's "social" fabric as players seeking social experiences drain out even more from Retail? A world where the outer world is devoid of threats or excitement is missing something.
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