Blizzard: World of Warcraft will last another 10 years

World of Warcraft will still be around in ten years, according to lead designer Ion Hazzikostas

The massively popular MMO is getting ready to celebrate its ten year anniversary in November, which is already a huge achievement for a videogame.

However Hazzikostas said plans are already being made for 2024, when World of Warcraft is still expected to be around.

"I definitely can't tell you what our 20th anniversary is going to be," he told CNET. "I can tell you there is definitely going to be one. I have no doubt saying that.

"We're definitely planning into the future, talking about what the next expansion is going to be, and what the one after that is going to be, just in terms of big picture storylines, how can we start setting things up now, where do we want the game to go. Ultimately it's all one step at a time."

World of Warcraft still has 7.4million paying subscribers, while new expansion Warlords of Draenor launches 13 November.