Posted on 01/12/2007 5:23:46 PM PST by MCH
IRVINE, Calif. – January 11, 2007 – Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announced today that World of Warcraft®, its subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), is now played by more than 8 million gamers around the world. World of Warcraft has also achieved new regional subscriber milestones, with more than 2 million players in North America, more than 1.5 million players in Europe, and more than 3.5 million players in China.
"We're ecstatic that the World of Warcraft community has continued to grow steadily since we launched the game," said Mike Morhaime, president and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment®. "This milestone wouldn't have been possible for us to achieve without the incredible support of our players. With the release of our expansion pack, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade™, coming next week, we're looking forward to welcoming more players to Azeroth and offering even more quality content for our community to enjoy."
Since debuting in North America on November 23, 2004, World of Warcraft has become the most popular MMORPG around the world. Today, World of Warcraft is available in seven different languages and is played in North America, Europe, mainland China, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.
World of Warcraft will soon see the launch of its first expansion, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, which will be available in North America and Europe on January 16, 2007. The expansion will be available in Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Thailand the same week, with availability in mainland China and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau to be announced at a later date. The Burning Crusade will add a tremendous amount of new content to the game, including an entire new continent to explore; an increase in the level cap up to 70, complete with new talents and abilities; flying mounts; new quests, creatures, and items; new dungeons; two new playable races; a new profession; and more.
For further information on World of Warcraft, please visit the game's official website at www.worldofwarcraft.com. Information on World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade can be found at www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade.
I wuv it! ;) Expansion comes out Tuesday. Woot!
All that complaining about "grade inflation"... I think Blizzard may have solved the problem.
Nerds of the world, unite!!
(Just kidding, no flames, please)
Gnome frost mage, +672 damage gear. 0/0/51 spec.
Criminy. WoW makes EverCrack look like Sanka?
I still miss my old school EQ days :)
Could never get into WoW though, even though many of my Guildmates moved on
Missing you, girl!
I gave our son in Germany WOW cards for Christmas. He is hooked big time.
And Xena's one of 'em! Woohoo!!!!
So the company is pro - communist.
What server?
Same question . . . what server?
Even bigger than Freerepublic, apparently.
several....Rexxar, Khaz Modan...and Undermine is my fave right now. FOR THE HORDE! lol
Bah! Alliance! No Horde! *laugh*
~Twinzmommy
aka Chana (60 druid, Earthen Ring)
Shifra (60 rogue, Emerald Dream)
Zehira (40-something druid, Emerald Dream)
Ping. Ya think the boys had anything to do with this? LOL.
We're trying the open beta for Vanguard right now.
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