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sprint · #1 07-25-2007, 10:08 AM

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IRVINE, Calif. – July 24, 2007 – Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announced today that World of Warcraft®, its award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), has reached a new milestone, with a player base now totaling more than 9 million subscribers worldwide. The company is currently working with its partner for World of Warcraft in China , The9, to prepare the game’s first expansion, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade™, for launch in mainland China and anticipates an influx of new and returning subscribers in conjunction with that event.

“We’re thrilled that gamers around the world have continued to embrace World of Warcraft so enthusiastically,” said Mike Morhaime , president and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment®. “We’ve worked hard to provide a compelling experience for our players, and we plan to continue updating the game with exciting new content for them to enjoy for many years to come.”

Since debuting in North America on November 23, 2004, World of Warcraft has become the most popular MMORPG around the world. It was the bestselling PC game of 2005 and 2006* and has remained at or near the top of the weekly PC-game sales charts for much of 2007 as well. Blizzard’s Burning Crusade expansion released to critical acclaim in several regions earlier this year and shattered PC-game sales records in North America and Europe , with nearly 2.4 million copies sold in its first 24 hours of release and approximately 3.5 million in its first month. World of Warcraft is available in seven different languages and, in addition to North America and Europe, is played in mainland China , Korea , Australia , New Zealand , Singapore , Thailand , Malaysia , and the regions of Taiwan , Hong Kong, and Macau .

Those numbers are absolutely astounding, i used to play WoW a little in the past but found it ate up way too much of my free time so i sort of banned myself from the damn thing.

Oh and The Burning Crusade isnt even available in China yet either - looks like the madness is gonna continue for a long time yet!

Monthly: $135 million
Yearly: $1.62 billion

Callmege · #2 07-26-2007, 02:39 PM

Wow....subscription numbers are starting to slow down. We had 7 million around this time last year, and 8.5 million in around November. A lot of people, myself included quit when or shortly after the expansion was released.

JasonSmithy · #3 07-26-2007, 04:44 PM

what's so cool about this game? i'm confused..

rickylakhay · #4 07-26-2007, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by JasonSmithy

what's so cool about this game? i'm confused..

i know what u mean man. from what i've seen it looks pretty boring. but if u never got into it from the start then meh!

Callmege · #5 07-26-2007, 05:51 PM

You can still get into it today and if you're looking to fill in large gaps of free time then WoW is the perfect solution. I thought it was gay before I got it and then ****ing *bam* 15 hours of my day disappeared into a blur of orcs and elves.

It's a ****ing shit game (you only realise once you quit) but boy is it good fun while the spell holds (I was heavily addicted for around a year or so)

Dave-ex · #6 07-30-2007, 08:08 AM

u know they had a episode on south park about this game

Deadjester87 · #7 08-18-2007, 10:47 PM

finally quit this myself, played it since the release in november lol

koas1331 · #8 08-19-2007, 06:33 AM

I have never played WoW and never will i'm sure its a great mmorpg but as far as care Gemstone is the best one out there even though a lot of players have quit. it's not as addicting as WoW. besides who needs gracfics. anyway congrats to blizzard they know how to make good games.

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