We all know that World of Warcraft''s Wrath of the Lich King expansion is coming with some killer stuff, and that includes the game's brand new Achievement system. What we don't know yet is what happened behind the scenes and how it all came to be. Fortunately, lead game designer Jeffrey Kaplan had a conversation with MTV Multiplayer recently and told about a little something about it as the WOTLK cinematic trailer video hit the internet.

Kaplan says that originally, the people over at Blizzard didn't want to call the Wrath of the Lich King system Achievements because Xbox 360 and Steam were already using the name. They came up with all sorts of alternatives like Goals, Accomplishments, and other titles, but at the end of it all, it came back down to Achievements.

“We sort of came around to the conclusion that all players call them Achievements," He added. That realization made them settle on the name finally, leading to the release of the WOTLK Cinematic trailer today.

Next was brainstorming on how to go about it. Kaplan recounts that the core concept of designing their WOTLK Achievements was “we wanted to focus on getting the user interface in a good pres

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We're back in the studio this week, and of course as soon as we start to settle back in, the ground starts moving underneath us. That's a sign that we're doing something right. Or terribly wrong. Either way, we're changing things and that's the way Casey likes it!

This week Casey covers the details that have come out of the Wrath of the Lich King beta, discusses the possible release date for Warhammer Online, and gets to finally enjoy the fact that Knights of the Old Republic Online is very real and very much on it's way. In celebration, Casey's throwing himself a birthday party. Attendance is manditory under the rules of G4 employment. So raise your glass to the sky and toast the host who can boast the most...something that rhymes with toast. This is...

The MMO Report.