videogamer.com recently sat down with Frank Pearce, Blizzard's executive vice-president of product development for an interview where he dashed the hopes of World of Warcraft 2.
Pearce clearly stated that Blizzard is currently more interested in expanding World of Warcraft -- going as far as confirming that the company hasn't even begun to think about the design of a sequel for the game.
"We haven't even started to think about a sequel," he said. "The team still has a huge wishlist of exciting features to add on top of what's already been implemented since launch. Not to mention, we're all still playing the game pretty heavily ourselves, and there's a lot more content that we want to see as players."
With 9.3 million subscribers happily supporting the game, there's really no good reason to consider focusing development on another product in the same franchise -- not to mention the same genre. Another disappointment for those looking for dates -- Pearce quickly shot down any chance of prying a release date for Wrath of the Lich King out of the dark recesses of his mind.
Head over to the Frank Pearce interview to read more; they'll also have StarCraft II, Diablo III (yes, you heard it right) and Starcraft: Ghost on Monday.