After several months of controversy about the toxic atmosphere within its company, Blizzard wants to look good and propose changes for World of Warcraft.
With the upcoming Dragonflight expansion for a certain World of Warcraft, Blizzard wants to make changes to be more inclusive. To do this, the editor/developer will tackle the character editor and in particular the fact of being able to choose between a male and female character.
A list of upcoming changes for World of Warcraft?
Thus, with this extension it is no longer a question of choosing between a male body or a female body, the proposed options now display “Body 1” and “Body 2”. And obviously, it will surely go further since date miners have been able to identify data that would indicate the addition of different voice options as well as a choice of pronouns for the characters… Everything would be in preparation and therefore in the pipes.
After months of controversy over the toxic atmosphere and complaints within his company, it is difficult to know if this kind of change is purely marketing or with a real inclusive foundation. Simple coincidence of timing? Of course, we’ll let you decide. On our side we remain of course neutral.
Not the first game to offer this kind of feature
Note that the long-awaited Starfield should also take this route and offer an inclusive character editor without any real mention of men and women. This was already a bit the case in Cyberpunk 2077.
Scheduled for the end of 2022, the new expansion putting dragons in the spotlight should offer exclusive mounts and a new flight system as well as a new area.