Five Years of World of Warcraft

Kotaku's posting articles about WOW all this week to celebrate the game's fifth anniversary.  First up is a history of the origins of the game.
http://kotaku.com/5408287/world-of-warcraft-turns-5-how-blizzard-built-a-nation

Blizzard has created a series of video interviews to celebrate.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wowanniversary/video/#video

There are written interviews, too.
http://www.wowhead.com/?blog=133800

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G4 Interviews Blizzard Team

WOW Insider points us to an interview G4's Morgan Webb has just done with Blizzard staff about the upcoming fifth anniversary of WOW and how the game has developed.  WOW Insider hosts sections of the interview at the link below and also summaries the high points if you don't want to bother watching the whole thing.
http://www.wow.com/2009/11/01/g4-talks-to-blizzard-about-five-years-of-wow/#continued

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Joystiq Interviews Blizzard Bigwigs

Joystiq interviews WOW's lead producer at BlizzCon 2009.  Many thanks to WOW Insider for pointing this out as the interview touches on the future of the game.
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/04/blizzard-interview-j-allen-brack-on-world-of-warcraft/

UPDATE:  Joystiq interviews the Senior VP and Senior Producer of WOW about milestones such as the fifth anniversary.
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/10/interview-blizzards-frank-pearce-on-warcraft-milestones/

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