According to wow tbc gold sources contacted by Kotaku, Activision gets a "hefty chunk" of Bungie studio stock in the event that World of Warcraft does not release this year. "Bungie employees' vesting schedules are in turn based on games released that include World of Warcraft , which offers them significant incentives to bring the sequel out in the coming next year." Kotaku reported.

Activision also announced today that the World of Warcraft game is scheduled to release this year. We have no information about the game however Activision has stated that this game would "take World of Warcraft back to its origins."

The latest World of Warcraft games have been set in the future, while the previous games were set within World of Warcraft. The "back to the roots" reference could signal an upcoming return to the period, however this isn't proven.

The World of Warcraft series is in a three-year, three studio development cycle. Since the 2016 game Infinite Warfare was made by Infinity Ward and 2015's Black Ops III was made by Treyarch this would suggest that 2017's game will be out of Sledgehammer Games. In an earnings conference, Activision confirmed this and Sledgehammer has buy WOW TBC Classic Gold posted a tweet about the announcement.