World of Warcraft has Rivals racing for new Worlds

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By John Gaudiosi
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - "World of Warcraft" has become a phenomenon among role-playing interactive online games with its unrivaled success leaving competitors racing to draw gamers into new virtual worlds.
Fans of the massively-multiplayer online (MMO) game by Blizzard Entertainment, a unit of Vivendi Games, lined up outside stores around the world this month to get the game's second expansion pack "World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King."
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Posted on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:07:35 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

World of Warcraft Passes 11 Million Subscriber Mark

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Blizzard Entertainment announced today that its World of Warcraft title has passed the 11 million subscriber mark worldwide. Blizzard says that the milestone was reached just as the beta for the second expansion pack called Wrath of the Lich King is set to launch on November 13th.

WoW debuted in November of 2004 and is the most popular MMORPG around the world as well as the best selling PC game of 2005 and 2006. The original game finished in second behind its first expansion pack Burning Crusade in 2007. Burning Crusade holds the record for fastest selling PC game of all time with 2.4 million copies sold in the first 24 hours. Read more

Posted on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:43:15 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Play World of Warcraft for Free with WoWscape

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OCModShop tested a free WOW server that seems to work well and keeps you from having to pay the subscription fee.

Quote: "But one game heralded the age of MMORPG, and still remains at the top. The World of Warcraft. It has the power to engulf your mind in a world of fantasy creatures and fantastic worlds. With several races to choose from and over a million players from around the world logging in to battle, Warcraft has staked its claim as the leader in online gaming. And you too can experience their World, for a mere $15.00 per month, plus the cost of the game. Read more

Posted on Wed, 4 Jun 2008 08:32:10 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

World of Warcraft Hits 10 Million Subscribers

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Blizzard says its wildly popular MMORPG title World of Warcraft has reached another milestone with a total of 10 million subscribers worldwide.

Blizzard says the game has 2.5 million subscribers in the U.S. and Europe now has more than 2 million. Asia currently has more than the number of subscribers in the U.S. and Europe combined at 5.5 million. Blizzard also says that a Russian language version of WoW is in development as well. Read more

Posted on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:20:06 CST | by Shane McGlaun

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade reaches 800,000 Concurrent User in China

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Chinese Game operator The9 Limited announces that World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Surpasses 800,000 Peak concurrent users in Mainland China.

This is the highest concurrent user count since WOW became available in China in 2005. WOW: The Burning Crusade was launched on September 6th in China. Read more

Posted on Thu, 4 Oct 2007 00:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

World of Warcraft Gets its Own Credit Card

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If you need to give the world more proof that you are addicted to the life sucking MMORPG known as World of Warcraft here is your chance. You can now get your own WoW Visa card that allows you to earn game time with your purchases.

That’s right the more you spend on your WoW Visa the more free game time you can get. Game time is accrued at the rate of 1% for every dollar you spend in qualifying purchases. If 1% seems kind of low, that’s because it is. I mean come on, at that rate you would need to spend $1600 just to get a free month of service. Read more

Posted on Fri, 4 May 2007 08:16:35 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

World of Warcraft The Burning Crusade Launches

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World of Warcraft, the most popular MMORPG in the history of the universe is today launching the first expansion pack called The Burning Crusade. Rumor has it that this expansion has caused more than a few scuffles in Germany when Warcrack fans tried to buy the last few available copies in stores.

Lots of new content is added in this expansion including new continent called Outland, flying mounts and the ability to take characters to level 70. The Burning Crusade also offers new races including Blood Elf and Draenei as well as a new profession of jewelcrafting. Read more

Posted on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:00:09 CST | by Shane McGlaun