World of Warcraft Controller Support is the 'First Leg' as Project Helix Version Teased - News
by William D'Angelo , posted 4 hours ago / 498 Views
Blizzard added controller support to World of Warcraft: Forever, which is the first step in making the game playable on more platforms, according to Blizzard executive producer and vice president for World of Warcraft Holly Longdale speaking with GamesRadar.
Longdale was asked "Is World of Warcraft: Forever launching as a PC-exclusive a missed opportunity?" and she replied this is just the "first leg" as the goal is to make the game playable on more devices.
"What you just described is really what we're after," she said. "Play it wherever you want and, at some point, on whatever you want. But the first leg of that journey is getting gamepads working really well with World of Warcraft, and we thought Forever was the perfect place to start.
"Looking at where things are going when we hear about Project Helix et cetera, I think platforms will be a bit more ubiquitous. Honestly, we just want to be able to play it anywhere. We've seen people getting it working on the ROG Ally X…"
She added, "I think just doing some of the work we're doing on gamepad [support] is going to give players a lot of flexibility that I think goes beyond consoles."
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I guess controller support is fine to have, but really not a game well suited for it
"I think just doing some of the work we're doing on gamepad [support] is going to give players a lot of flexibility that I think goes beyond consoles."
We talking about streaming now?
Forever was the most fun I've had playing WoW since.......probably Lich King! Blizzard may have something real special here.
