World of Warcraft players now 11.5 million

Warcrack -- Paying subscribers reach new record high this year, Blizzard Entertainment has announced, enough to cause the company to go on a hiring spree.

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IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that World of Warcraft, its award-winning subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game, is now played by more than 11.5 million subscribers worldwide. This new high was reached following the November 13 release of the game's second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King.

Within its first 24 hours of availability, Wrath of the Lich King sold more than 2.8 million copies, making it the fastest-selling PC game of all time. In addition to winning a number of editor's choice awards from major gaming publications, the expansion has now gone on to sell more than 4 million copies in its first month, setting a new record for monthly PC-game sales. Both sales records were previously held by World of Warcraft's first expansion, The Burning Crusade.

"We're pleased to welcome the new and returning players who have helped World of Warcraft reach these new milestones, and we appreciate the enthusiasm and support that the game's global community has continued to show," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "We look forward to providing all of them with an excellent entertainment experience for a long time to come."

"Not only is Wrath of the Lich King still doing well, the base World of Warcraft game and the World of Warcraft Battle Chest are performing better than last year," said Bob McKenzie, senior vice president of merchandising at GameStop. "That type of traction is very impressive for a game that is going into its fifth holiday season and speaks to the enthusiastic player base Blizzard Entertainment products have."

To keep pace with the continued growth of World of Warcraft as well as development on other Blizzard Entertainment games, the company is currently hiring for numerous open positions. More information on available career opportunities can be found at www.blizzard.com/jobs. More information about the latest World of Warcraft expansion is available at the official Wrath of the Lich King website: www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath.

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fueledsystem

11.5 million players or accounts?
because I read several news articles saying some people had 10 or 20 accounts and in one case some rich kid had 60 accounts

war02orc

Not surprising, WoW is an awesome game and the WOTLK expansion is amazing.

htown4life

This is the only game that sells well for the PC LOL
I'm sure this game is overly hyped though

Dread

it doesnt mater if its 11.5 million ppl. or accounts. even if 1 person has 20 accounts blizz is making money off of each account, think they give a dam if someone wants to have 100 accounts. if you got million dollars in the mail would you think gee, did i get 1 dollar from a million ppl. or million dollars from 1 person, hell no, cause it doesnt matter. either way they make more money with each account, they probly dont see each account as a single person, but as a new income, meaning they must be doing something right to keep making more and more money

Kubrick

I thought I heard that number included subscribers from the past that no longer play the game but that was from 2 years ago. Man, I feel like playing this game right now I miss playing it.

BlitzGear

Lol so addicting. Not surprising though. I wonder how it would do on consoles with dedicated servers and all that good jazz...

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