Whether ye’re a sucker for their furry brand a kung-fury or not, World a Warcraft‘s pandas be officially here t' stay. Fortunately, Pandaria’s mysterious de-misting actually revealed one a the better WoW expansions in recent memory, so life goes on – 'n quite merrily at that. But while fresh competitors like Guild Wars 2 continue t' be the talk a the town, MoP didn’t quite take the world (Warcraft-flavored or otherwise) by storm. Slow 'n steady though the process might be, MMOs be evolving. Sure, WoW’s world be bigger than ever, but it be every strained lurch be followed by a deafening creak. So what’s next? How does Blizzard plan t' keep WoW relevant? Does it involve free-t'-play? A return t' the Horde vs Alliance glory days? More species a playable bear? During GDC Online, I sat down with production director J. Allen Brack t' find out.

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