Big Download's big interview with World of Warcraft's Arenamasters

Today on Massively's sister site Big Download, there's a featured article all about the World of Warcraft Arena Tourney. The BD team sat down with Tom Chilton, Paul Della Bitta (Senior Manager, Global Community and eSports) and Joong Kim (eSports Manager) to talk about that huge $200,000 prize purse, the future of World of Warcraft as an eSport, and the reaction players have had to the Arena.

We found especially interesting the news that eventually these online matches will transition to live events. They're still looking for a place to throw the Global Finals this year, probably sometime in October or November. Eventually, they'd like to look into televised matches; it may sound strange, but Guild Wars has definitely shown there's a market for that kind of event. Go check out the interview, and stay tuned for more details on the WoW Arena Tournament.