World of Warcraft is preparing to break the rules with a secret 60-player battle royale mode called Plunderstorm.
Blizzard, after 20 years World of Warcraft There is a secret secret within that aims to break the rules. battle royale announced that he was developing the game. This innovation comes with Warcraft’s upcoming 10.2.6 patch. Plunderstorm It will be presented to the players with a pirate-themed event called. The event includes a 60-player battle royale mode, a first in the game’s history that was released without any player testing.
World of Warcraft Pushes the Limits with Plunderstorm Battle Royale Mode
WoW players will be able to choose between standard servers and the Plunderstorm event when they log in through the existing client. In addition to being a first in Warcraft, this mode also offers rewards exclusive to the Classic and Modern game modes, such as a parrot mount and a crab pet, which are new additions to the series. These rewards are the first dual-mode rewards offered in the WoW series.
This new game mode from Blizzard seems clearly inspired by the spell collecting mechanics of the game called Spellbreak. With the acquisition of Proletariat, the developer of Spellbreak, by Blizzard, most of the employees of this game were included in the Warcraft team.
An interview with Blizzard’s executive producer Ray Bartos and lead software engineer Orlando Salvatore, who is part of the experimental gameplay team, reveals the thinking behind this important game addition. Salvatore noted that the battle royale mode’s stealth was inspired by World of Warcraft Classic’s Exploration Season spin-off, and that the developers balanced the lack of public testing with internal testing.
“Our main goal is to try to break the rules. Before the release of WoW’s expansion The War Within, which is scheduled for later this year, we want to give players something really exciting, especially experimental,” he echoed Salvatore. The team will follow player feedback closely and evaluate whether Plunderstorm will be a part of the game in the future based on these feedback.