Wednesday, September 12, 2007
South Park wins an Emmy for WOW themed episode
South Park has won an Emmy for outstanding animated program for a WOW themed episode entitled: “Make Love, Not Warcraft. The episode is about the South Park kids trying to stop a “griefer” named Jenkins (after the infamous Leeroy Jenkins), and save the World of Warcraft from its ultimate destruction. Blizzard entertainment and South Park studios worked on the project together and crafted the Machinima used in the episode. Blizzard supplied the animators of the South par studios with full character models and assets. Mike Morhaime, president and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment, said this before the shows’ premier: “We were excited to hear that the creators of ‘South Park’ were interested in featuring World of Warcraft in the opening of their new season, and we really enjoyed collaborating with them to make this happen,” the episode has earn so much popularity that prompted South Park Studios to release a 10-day free trial of the World of warcraft with the season 10 DVD package which includes the episode.
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