world of warcraft celebrates in 2024 nothing more and nothing less than 20 years of existence, since it was in 2004 when the US brand arrived to revolutionize the genre of MMORPG. Now, when two decades have passed, since Blizzard They have let themselves be loved by a fashion that has been triumphing for years now and that is that of battle royalewith Fortnite to the head. Do you know what has happened?
The battle royale They are one of the genres that attract the most followers and the one that has given birth to what is the great playable phenomenon of the last decade: Fortnite. So in Blizzard, who presume to go about their business without being influenced by anyone, it is surprising that they have fallen into the temptation of having developed something like that, in the heat of their world of warcraft but without it being an essential part of your MMO. So now we have it here.
A separate development from World of Warcraft
The point is that Blizzard It seems that he is going to put into circulation, when he releases patch 10.2.6, something called Plunderstormwhich will be nothing more than an extra leg that they have called a game mode PvEvP, that is, fight against the environment but also against other players, in such a way that it will be a kind of free-for-all to see who is the last one standing. That is, what has been a battle royale.
The curious thing about this Plunderstorm the thing is Blizzard He hasn’t said anything until it’s practically a reality, so he’s caught everyone off guard. Only those very close to the study knew of its existence and that, furthermore, it would not be an appendage or a leg linked to world of warcraft, but an independent extra that would even have its own servers. So it was born as a kind of Fortnite within the MMO with independent access, as you can see on the screen you have right below, where two logos appear (above) depending on the title we want to play.
What’s more, in Plunderstorm don’t expect to play with your char of World of Warcraft, those of you who have been leveling up or getting tiers and spectacular weapons. In this battle royale of Blizzard The thing will have to do, as in many other releases of the genre, with a character that we handle bareback, obtaining the combat tools during the battle and allowing us, at most, to add cosmetics, objects or things like that to his appearance.
At Blizzard they kept it secret
The development has been a complete secret and has raised a lot of passion within the studio. In statements to PC Gamer, some members have confessed that “everyone in Blizzard “They have come together to participate in playtests and provide feedback.” «We are really focused on trying to break the rules. We really want to give players something that is super exciting, especially experimental, before the release of The War Within«.
But the expansion that will arrive in the near future has not been enough of an incentive and they wanted to add more with this Plunderstorm which, they acknowledge, “if people go to social media or create forum posts about how excited they are about the skills of Plunderstorm“This could be something we hope to bring to the game in the future.” So it’s time to try it yes or yes, right?