Blizzard has announced plans to add player housing to World of Warcraft in its next expansion, Midnight.
A teaser trailer for the expansion and the new feature, which premiered during a Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct stream on Wednesday, is viewable above.
Ion Hazzikostas, senior game director on World of Warcraft, told GameSpot the feature has been in development for several years.
“We’ve known we’ve wanted to do it for real for some time,” he said. “I think figuring out the how and when and making sure we can deliver something that’s going to meet our players’ expectations and exceed them, that’s all the tricky parts to it.
“What we’re announcing this week is a teaser, a hint, the slimmest of previews, just letting people know, ‘Hey, it’s coming as part of Midnight.'”
“Just excited to get that news out there and to begin a conversation so we can start hearing from players what they’re hoping to see from a World of Warcraft housing system,” Hazzikostas added.
“Double-check it matches what we are currently cooking but also gives us some time to pivot and make sure we deliver what players are hoping for.”
Midnight is the second of three expansions that collectively form Warcraft’s Worldsoul Saga, which was announced at last year’s BlizzCon.
A new World of Warcraft roadmap released today confirmed that Blizzard is planning to reveal Midnight next summer.
Today’s digital event was also used to simultaneously announce and release remastered versions of Warcraft 1 and 2, along with Warcraft 3 Reforged Patch 2.0.
Blizzard announced plans to launch World of Warcraft Mists of Pandaria Classic in the summer of 2025 too.
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