I came across this interesting article on WoW, of at all places MTV's website! Earlier this week, MTV covered the release of weather in the World of Warcraft.

Not a drop of rain had fallen in Feralas during the year and a half that the virtual forest existed — until last week, when there was finally a chance of showers. Weather was at last introduced to Feralas, and the rest of "World of Warcraft,", by game developers.

Rain and other inclement weather had been promised to the millions who play "World of Warcraft" since the massively multiplayer online PC game's launch in November 2004. A rotating team of developers at Blizzard Entertainment actually worked on creating a weather system for five years. Only last week, however, did the game's developers find a way to patch it into the game in a way the meets their expectations — and that they hope will meet fans' as well.

You can read the whole article here.