Sentences with phrase «warcraft subscribers»

After a tough weekend, Blizzard is giving World of Warcraft subscribers free game time as an apology so that then can enjoy the new Warlords of Draenor expansion pack.

World of Warcraft subscribers were up 600,000 to a worldwide total of over 7.4 million at the end of the quarter, driven by excitement for the upcoming Warlords of Draenor launch and the release of that expansion's opening cinematic.

Blizzard Entertainment enjoyed a strong quarter, on the strength of returning World of Warcraft subscribers and the launches of Diablo III Ultimate Evil Edition for consoles and the Curse of Naxxramas adventure for Hearthstone.

Analysts have predicted that China could account for half of World of Warcraft subscribers and the downtime could cost Activision $ 10 - $ 15 million alongside a decline in the user base.

Though it is predicted that China makes up a significant portion of Warcraft subscribers, Activision received a smaller amount of revenue from that region while under the operation of NetEase competitor, The9, leaving little to panic about as Activision plans to receive higher royalties under the operation of NetEase who is also handling Warcraft III, StarCraft II and Battle.net in the country.

World of Warcraft subscriber numbers have been rising despite the ongoing economic concerns.

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Arguably one of the most popular games of all time, World of Warcraft, has now surpassed 10 million subscribers.

When: June 10th Why: «World of Warcraft» is a juggernaut in online culture with current subscriber numbers hovering around 10 million people.

It has been a very long time since Blizzard has officially released the subscriber numbers for its hit MMO World of Warcraft and this may be for good reason.

Blizzard has announced that the most popular MMORPG in the world, World of Warcraft, has reached yet another landmark — 10 million subscribers.

With World of Warcraft still touting its 11.5 million subscribers, what some aren't aware of is that the majority of those subscribers come from Asia, with a good portion of those subscribers coming from China and for the time being, Chinese WoW players will have to find some other form of entertainment as the Chinese company formerly in charge of the servers called The9 has taken them down.

At first you might be sceptical, passing it off as just another MMO in the hundreds to scrounge off the slim subscriber pickings left behind by Warcraft, but what lies beneath the surface is something that could change the genre for good.

With more than 11.5 million (December 2008) monthly subscriptions, World of Warcraft is currently the world's most - subscribed MMORPG and holds the Guinness World Record for the most popular MMORPG by subscribers.

World of Warcraft developer Blizzard has pinned the blame of a recent drop in subscribers on the MMO's most recent expansion, Cataclysm.

World of Warcraft has lost just over a million of its subscribers over the last six months, Activision Blizzard revealed on its earnings call yesterday afternoon.

Still, even after the recent drop in subscribers, World of Warcraft is still running strong, and it's clear that Blizzard knows what they're doing.

In North America there has been one product (Ultima Online, then Everquest, then World of Warcraft) which stood head and shoulders above a small group of second tier products that had 25 - 50 % of the top game's subscriber base.

Activision Blizzard announced that «World of Warcraft» subscribers have declined, despite the fact that its sixth expansion will be released in the near future.

World of Warcraft is an MMORPG that takes place in Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft universe; at its peak, it boasted a player base of over 12.5 million subscribers, making it the most popular MMO of all time.

Activision Blizzard's popular MMORPG World of Warcraft has lost another 1.1 million subscribers this month, bringing the total number of lost subscribers since June of last year to 2 million.