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Ten million sales of Diablo III and strong Skylanders performance raises full-year expectations to nearly £3bn
Read More »World of Warcraft subscriber numbers bounce back
The subscription MMO is dead, is it? That’s what many would have you believe. But it appears that Activision Blizzard’s World of Warcraft isn’t sticking to the script. Subscriber numbers for the game have risen beyond the 10m mark once more, having dipped to 9.1m in the company’s last financial …
Read More »New World of Warcraft expansion shifts 2.7m copies
Mists of Pandaria – the latest expansion pack in the World of Warcraft series has sold 2.7m copies worldwide. The PC add-on has also boosted the game’s subscriber numbers, up over 10m users worldwide, the firm says. World of Warcraft has seen a steep drop in subscribers over the last …
Read More »European World of Warcraft launch event will be live streamed on YouTube
Blizzard is hosting seven major launch events across Europe for World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria. The festivities take place Monday evening (September 24th) in Paris, London, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Cologne and Stockholm. But for those that are unable to attend, Blizzard is live streaming the event over YouTube. The …
Read More »WoW virtual worlds patent lawsuit moves ahead
Worlds Inc. claims MMO infringes patent regarding virtual world interactions
Read More »Blizzard’s Battle.net hacked
MMO maker advises North American users to change their passwords
Read More »World of Warcraft loses a further 1m subscribers
Fantasy MMO continues user decline
Read More »WoW: Mists of Pandaria arrives this September
Blizzard has dated the fourth expansion pack for its online phenomenon World of Warcraft. Mists of Pandaria will be released on Tuesday, September 25th and will retail for $39.99 in the US. A special Collector’s Edition will also be available for $79.99. This will include bonus in-game items – such …
Read More »Sam Raimi quits World of Warcraft movie
Fresh whispers of a feature film based on World of Warcraft reveal that Sam Raimi is no longer at the helm. The Spider-Man director and WoW fan was announced as director for the Blizzard film way back in 2009. However, he left the project to make Disney’s upcoming fantasy flick …
Read More »HMV: Diablo III our biggest ever product launch
The Diablo III launch event at HMV Oxford Street was the retailer’s biggest to date, says games boss Ewan Pinder. He estimates at least 1,000 fans queued up at the High Street chain’s flagship London store last night to purchase the game first. It went on sale at 11pm with …
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