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But MMO still boasts eight million players

Activision Blizzard’s MMO World of Warcraft lost 1.3m subscribers during the first three months of 2013. The firm revealed the decline in its quarterly financial report, adding that the game still boasts 8m subs and remains the number one subscription-based MMORPG in the world.” The majority of the drop-off occurred …

Activision Blizzard CEO Robert Kotick has had his compensation increased eight fold to $64.9m last year, according to Bloomberg. The man in charge of the publisher received a new employment agreement in March 2012, which awarded the CEO stock in the value of $55.9m over his five-year contract. Kotick won’t …

However, Riot Games challenges DFC with its own usage stats

Collectable card game to be released cross-platform on Windows, Mac and iPad

Exodus resumes as Mists of Pandaria expansion hype fades

Activision Blizzard has released its full year financial report for 2012, recording revenue of $4.8bn thanks to Call of Duty, Diablo, and Skylanders. For the past quarter, ending on December 31st of last year, net revenue was a record $1.77bn – up from 2011’s net revenue of $1.41bn during the …

Duncan Jones, the director of Moon and Source Code, has signed up to direct the big screen live-action adaptation of Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft. Warcraft has a script by K-PAX and Blood Diamond screenwriter Charles Leavitt whilst Charles Roven, producer of the Dark Knight trilogy, takes on producing duties …

Proceeds from World of Warcraft 'cinder kitten' pet sales donated to Red Cross

Mists of Pandaria expansion helps halt decline with 2.7 million copies sold in first week