The Insider recently sat down with World of Warcraft lead producer J. Allen Brack and art director Chris Robinson to discuss some of the ideas that influenced the development of Fury of the Sunwell, the most recent content update for World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade. While we were at it, we also picked their brains about the lessons learned from The Burning Crusade and how they’re influencing the design approach for Wrath of the Lich King....

Insider: In terms of lore, the Sunwell is one of the most important sites in Azerothian history. Revisiting this place in the Sunwell Plateau raid and the Magisters’ Terrace dungeon doesn’t just mark the high point of The Burning Crusade’s PvE progression, it also doubles as the final act of the first expansion’s story arc. How did this sense of a “grand finale” inspire the artistic direction of these settings? The Rest you can read here