PARIS, France -- December 23rd, 2008 – 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 wow money subscribers worldwide. This new high was reached following the November 13 release of the game’s wow guide 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 wow money copies, making it the fastest-selling PC game wow item 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 wow guidereach 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.”
"World of Warcraft wow item : Wrath of the Lich King was the biggest selling PC game of the year for Play.com, and has cemented the World of Warcraft franchise as the largest PC franchise in Play.com’s ten year history. Well done to Blizzard for developing such a great game that keeps people coming back for more.” Gian Luzio, Head of Games, Play.com
To keep pace with the continued growth of World of Warcraft wow guide 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 eu.blizzard.com.
More information about the latest World of Warcraft expansion is available at the official Wrath of the Lich King website on www.wow-europe.com/wrath.