World of Warcraft: The War Within's art direction leans into Warcraft's history and a 'feeling of nostalgia', says lead artist

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Blizzard looked at WoW Classic to inspire the new zones.

One of the defining themes of The War Within, World of Warcraft's next expansion, is revisiting the past.

"One of the things that we're really leaning into is this feeling of nostalgia, the classic flavor of World of Warcraft," Gonzalez said."Even before World of Warcraft–my initial introduction to Warcraft was Warcraft 3. So when we really think, what is the flavor that's at the core of what players identify as the most Warcraftiest Warcraft visual that you can imagine, that's what we're trying to lean into.

 

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