Robin Williams will be immortalized with a character in World of Warcraft

By Jason Hahn August 17, 2014

Robin Williams, Zelda Williams — Image used with permission by copyright holder

Late actor and comedian Robin Williams, who was found dead in his San Francisco Bay Area home on Monday, will be memorialized in World of Warcraft, one of the video games he used to play. The decision was driven by a petition that’s amassed about 11,000 signatures on Change.org.

The petition asked Blizzard Entertainment, the maker of WoW, to create a non-player character (NPC) in the game that honors Williams. “Many have expressed a wish to this character perform some of Williams best jokes within the Worlds End Tavern, so that he may continue making us smile long after his passing,” wrote Jacob Holgate, the author of the petition.

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Last Monday, WoW technical game designer Chadd Nervig responded to a question about the petition on Twitter:

@Dakirokos @mumper @CM_Lore @DaveKosak @davhave Yes. We’re taking care of it.

— Celestalon (@Celestalon) August 12, 2014

Williams was also honored by the official @Warcraft Twitter handle on Tuesday:

.@robinwilliams Thank you. You gave us so much joy in our lives, and we hope you enjoyed your time in our world. We’ll see you in-game. — World of Warcraft (@Warcraft) August 13, 2014

This wouldn’t be the first in-game memorial in WoW, though it may very well be the most prominent.

Williams was unabashedly fond of gaming, even naming his daughter Zelda and starring in Nintendo commercials for The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords with her.

[Image courtesy of s_bukley/Shutterstock]

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