Blizzard is “Talking About” Bringing World of Warcraft to Consoles, but Has “Enough to Deal with Right Now”

Vice president and executive producer of World of Warcraft Holly Longdale says Blizzard is "pretty well positioned" from a technical perspective to bring the MMORPG to consoles.

Posted By | On 06th, Nov. 2023

world of warcraft wrath of the lich king classic

Recently, at BlizzCon, Blizzard Entertainment revealed big new plans for the long-running MMORPG World of Warcraft with the announcement of The War Within, an upcoming expansion that’s set to be the first part of a trilogy, which has been dubbed the Worldsoul Saga. But one questions regarding the game’s future that has been asked for as long as anyone can remember and still continues to be asked is- is World of Warcraft going to launch for consoles anytime soon?

It’s certainly something Blizzard Entertainment is thinking about, especially in the wake of Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Speaking in a recent interview with GamesRadar, when asked about the possubility of the MMORPG releasing for consoles, Holly Longdale, vice president and executive producer of World of Warcraft, said that Blizzard “talks about it all the time”, and that, from a technical and logistical point-of-view, the company is “pretty well positioned” to make that happen. She added, “For a console audience, the approachability is likely going to be different.”

Longdale went on to say that currently Blizzard Entertainment is fully focused on the aforementioned Worldsoul Saga, before reiterating that a console release is definitely something the team talks about, especially now that Blizzard falls under the Xbox banner.

“Right now, we’re focused on the Worldsoul Saga. But if that comes up then we’ll reexamine things but, man, we’ve got enough to deal with right now,” she said. “We’ve got these three expansions and we are so excited about them. But, yeah, of course. It would be very insincere to say that we’re not, like… of course we’re talking about that. We are Microsoft now.”

World of Warcraft: The War Within is set to launch sometime in 2024. It will be followed by two more expansions in the Worldsoul Saga, namely World of Warcraft: Midnight and World of Warcraft: The Last Titan. 

Meanwhile, for those who’d rather turn the clock back than dive into the future of the MMORPG, Blizzard recently also announced World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Classic, which is also due out sometime next year.


Amazing Articles You Might Want To Check Out!

Keep On Reading!

Star Wars: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles Gets Launch Trailer Ahead of Release

Star Wars: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles Gets Launch Trailer Ahead of Release

Star Wars: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles is coming to PC, PS4, Xbox One, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Swi...

AMD Radeon RX 9000-Series Graphics Cards to Come Out in March

AMD Radeon RX 9000-Series Graphics Cards to Come Out in March

The AMD Radeon RX 9070, RX 9070 XT, RX 9060 and RX 9060 XT were originally unveiled during CES 2025, and will ...

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth PC Review – Let’s Mosey Again

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth PC Review – Let’s Mosey Again

The acclaimed RPG and second part in the Remake trilogy finally comes to PC after nearly a year on PS5. Find o...

Resident Evil 2 on iOS Has Reportedly Only Made $100,000

Resident Evil 2 on iOS Has Reportedly Only Made $100,000

The release of Resident Evil 2 on iOS follows the trend of not getting too many sales. We last saw this with R...

One-Third of AAA Developers Are Working on Live-Service Games – GDC

One-Third of AAA Developers Are Working on Live-Service Games – GDC

The report is a result of a survey run by the Game Developers Conference to gauge the current state of the gam...

Mortal Kombat 1 – T-1000’s Fatality Pays Homage to Classic Terminator 2 Scene

Mortal Kombat 1 – T-1000’s Fatality Pays Homage to Classic Terminator 2 Scene

A release date for the classic villain's debut in NetherRealm's fighter has yet to be announced, but its semi-...