The old adage about writing is that a dead character is less interesting than a living one, because a dead one can’t do anything more. World of Warcraft has heard that advice and informed someone to hold its beer, because its new animated series is all about dead people. Of course, since it’s clearly leading into Shadowlands this makes a fair amount of sense, as we’re already dealing with the afterlife. The dead may not live again, but they’re all hanging around.
The series that kicks off on Thursday will likely be akin to the animated shorts moving into Battle for Azeroth, short pieces displaying some of the major characters you can expect to meet and setting the stage for same. Of course, that’s all speculative at the moment, but we’ll know more once Thursday rolls around. Until then, there is a helpful trailer to watch to get you jazzed up for it.
Prepare to enter the #Shadowlands.
Afterlives, an original animated series, premieres this Thursday during #gamescom2020. pic.twitter.com/ETP1gcjCUs
— World of Warcraft (@Warcraft) August 24, 2020
