Wizards of the Coast boss and ex WoW dev would love a new D&D MMO, but says "the traditional model" Blizzard used "could use updating"

An armored woman with a shield casts a spell from her outstretched hand as other adventurers fight monsters in the background, all taken from D&D artwork in the 2024 Player's Handbook — (Image credit: Wizards of the Coast)

New Wizards of the Coast president John Hight previously spent 12 years at Blizzard overseeing huge swathes of World of Warcraft, and his new role at the house of Magic the Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons has once again got him pondering MMOs.

Speaking with GamesIndustry, Hight says he would love to see a D&D MMO one day, even if it would come with hefty design challenges.

"I'd love to have that," he says of a potential D&D MMORPG. "I think that we'll want to rethink what an MMO is in this day and age. I think the traditional model that Blizzard – well, even before that, Ultima Online, Everquest – pursued, that could use updating."

Latest Videos From

If a D&D MMO is eventually in the cards – rather, another one, following and hopefully surpassing Dungeons & Dragons Online – it will be after Wizards can prove that it has "assembled the talent, we have the backend technology, we have the plans to pursue," Hight adds. Right now, it's just "a glimmer in my eye."

Austin has been a game journalist for 12 years, having freelanced for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, IGN, Sports Illustrated, and more while finishing his journalism degree. He's been with GamesRadar+ since 2019. They've yet to realize his position is a cover for his career-spanning Destiny column, and he's kept the ruse going with a lot of news and the occasional feature, all while playing as many roguelikes as possible.