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EA sells 2 million units of “Star Wars”, shares up – Reuters
USA TODAY
EA sells 2 million units of "Star Wars", shares upReutersHe added that the game has grown faster than "World of Warcraft," the Internet game made by EA's biggest rival, Activision Blizzard. Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia said the conference call with executives helped quell some of his doubts related to …EA's Outlook Disappoints InvestorsWall [...]
How one WoW player’s eye for fashion made a million gold in 45 days – PC Gamer Magazine
PC Gamer Magazine
How one WoW player's eye for fashion made a million gold in 45 daysPC Gamer MagazineThe concept of transmogrification is nothing new, but it wasn't introduced to World of Warcraft until last November's patch 4.3. One man – appropriately known as The Mogfather – saw potential for extreme virtual wealth. The Mogfather's goal [...]
“Rift” maker Trion raises $85 million in new funding – Reuters
Gamasutra
"Rift" maker Trion raises million in new fundingReutersRift competes with "World of Warcraft," Activision Blizzard's massive multiplayer game with 10.3 million players but which has been in decline. So-called massive multiplayer games allow thousands of people to play simultaneously over the Internet. …This Startup Just Raised Million To Make Addictive Games That Will [...]
20 Million Minecraft Fans Can’t Be Wrong – Escapist Magazine
20 Million Minecraft Fans Can't Be WrongEscapist MagazineWorld of Warcraft had 12.5 million concurrent users at its peak. As of this weekend, Minecraft has more registered users than both of those combined. Of course, not all of those are paying customers with Markus "Notch" Persson reporting that only about …and more »
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Blizzard Has Banked $26 Million From WoW Authenticators – Escapist Magazine
Geek
Blizzard Has Banked Million From WoW AuthenticatorsEscapist MagazineWorld of Warcraft might be down 800000 players, but that hasn't stopped Blizzard from raking in a tidy profit in other ways from those who've stayed. Despite widely reported subscription losses, World of Warcraft is still making Blizzard a silly amount …Blizzard has made million just [...]
Blizzard has made $26 million just from Battle.net Authenticators – Geek
Gamebandits (blog)
Blizzard has made million just from Battle.net AuthenticatorsGeekJust how much money WoW brings in isn't known exactly, but how about if I told you Blizzard generated million from players who just wanted to make their accounts more secure? Those millions have been generated from the sale of the Battle.net …Blizzard makes [...]
Blizzard makes $26 million on World of Warcraft security authenticators – VentureBeat
Gamebandits (blog)
Blizzard makes million on World of Warcraft security authenticatorsVentureBeatBlizzard Entertainment, video game developer and publisher best known for World of Warcraft, has earned around million on their security authenticators to date. The security authenticator for World of Warcraft is basically a keychain addition that …World of WarCraft: Phishing Scam Targets Blizzard EntertainmentGamebandits [...]
MMO Roundup: The Old Republic exceeds 1 million subscribers
Sometimes you’d like to know that there are other MMOs out there, right? It’s not all WoW, all the time! Our sister site Massively can provide you with everything you need to know about all of the other MMOs around — past, present and future.
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MMO Roundup: The Old Republic’s beta pulls 2 million players
Sometimes you’d like to know that there are other MMOs out there, right? It’s not all WoW, all the time! Our sister site Massively can provide you with everything you need to know about all of the other MMOs around — past, present and future.
Star Wars: The Old Republic beta test attracts 2 million players
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Blizzard / World of Warcraft lose 1.1 million subscribers – FleshEatingZipper
Blizzard / World of Warcraft lose 1.1 million subscribersFleshEatingZipperIf you look back at our history, you'll see that World of Warcraft has gotten a little bit of hate from us here at FleshEatingZipper, both in written articles and in our podcast. this isn't because it is a bad game or because Blizzard's a bad company [...]
