Gamers Evolved

Activision Blizzard is well known for making Warcraft, Diablo, and Starcraft – all games that have become very successful. They are pleased to know that Warcraft has a following of over ten million fans who have subscribed to the Warcraft theme MMO WoW. The subscribers are from all over the world; half a million players in North America, two million in Europe, and half a million in Asia.

This achievement now stands beside the other accomplishments World of Warcraft has recieved since its North American release in November 23, 2004. It has been the bestselling PC title for both 2005 and 2006 and was supplanted only by it’s Burning Crusade expansion which was released in 2007. The Burning Crusade expansion, in addition to being the best PC Game of 2007, is also the fastest selling PC Game ever with 2.4 million copies sold in the first 24 hours, and 3.5 million in its first month. The next WoW expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, is still under development.

Blizzard also noted that the game’s first expansion, The Burning Crusade, was the best-selling PC game of 2007, holding the record for fastest-selling PC game of all time. Nearly 2.4 million copies flew off store shelves in its first 24 hours it was available.

The CEO and co-founder of Blizzard, Mike Morhaime – the co-founder and CEO of Blizzard – stated that he found it “very gratifying to see gamers around the world continuing to show such enthusiasm and support for World of Warcraft,” and that the company was “always pleased to welcome new players to the game, and we’re looking forward to sharing the next major content update with the entire community in the months ahead.”