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Activision Blizzard: World of Warcraft lost 1.3m subs last quarter

Activision Blizzard: World of Warcraft lost 1.3m subs last quarter

Activision Blizzard’s MMO World of Warcraft lost 1.3m subscribers during the first three months of 2013.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on May 9th 2013 at 6:09AM in News
Activision boss Kotick is one of the highest paid CEOs in the US

Activision boss Kotick is one of the highest paid CEOs in the US

Activision Blizzard CEO Robert Kotick has had his compensation increased eight fold to $64.9m last year, according to Bloomberg.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Apr 29th 2013 at 9:50AM in News
Activision Blizzard posts record revenue, lowers expectation for CoD 2013

Activision Blizzard posts record revenue, lowers expectation for CoD 2013

Activision Blizzard has released its full year financial report for 2012, recording revenue of $4.8bn thanks to Call of Duty, Diablo, and Skylanders.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Feb 8th 2013 at 6:40AM in News
Moon director takes on World of Warcraft movie

Moon director takes on World of Warcraft movie

Duncan Jones, the director of Moon and Source Code, has signed up to direct the big screen live-action adaptation of Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft.

Billy Langsworthy
by Billy Langsworthy
on Jan 31st 2013 at 3:26PM in News

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World of Warcraft subscriber numbers bounce back

World of Warcraft subscriber numbers bounce back

The subscription MMO is dead, is it?

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 8th 2012 at 9:24AM in News
New World of Warcraft expansion shifts 2.7m copies

New World of Warcraft expansion shifts 2.7m copies

Mists of Pandaria - the latest expansion pack in the World of Warcraft series has sold 2.7m copies worldwide.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Oct 4th 2012 at 5:17PM in News
European World of Warcraft launch event will be live streamed on YouTube

European World of Warcraft launch event will be live streamed on YouTube

Blizzard is hosting seven major launch events across Europe for World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Sep 21st 2012 at 10:54AM in News
WoW: Mists of Pandaria arrives this September

WoW: Mists of Pandaria arrives this September

Blizzard has dated the fourth expansion pack for its online phenomenon World of Warcraft.

James Batchelor
by James Batchelor
on Jul 25th 2012 at 2:17PM in News

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Sam Raimi quits World of Warcraft movie

Sam Raimi quits World of Warcraft movie

Fresh whispers of a feature film based on World of Warcraft reveal that Sam Raimi is no longer at the helm.

James Batchelor
by James Batchelor
on Jul 18th 2012 at 10:00AM in News
HMV: Diablo III our biggest ever product launch

HMV: Diablo III our biggest ever product launch

The Diablo III launch event at HMV Oxford Street was the retailer’s biggest to date, says games boss Ewan Pinder.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on May 15th 2012 at 11:37AM in News
Breivik's World of Warcraft avatar shown in court

Breivik's World of Warcraft avatar shown in court

The jury in the trial of Norwegian gunman Anders Breivik were yesterday shown images of the accused’s World of Warcraft character.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 18th 2012 at 10:18AM in News
Blizzard and NetEase renew WoW licence deal

Blizzard and NetEase renew WoW licence deal

Blizzard and NetEase have announced a renewed licensing agreement to operate World of Warcraft in China.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Mar 22nd 2012 at 7:20AM in News

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Blizzard: WoW on iOS remains a possibility

Blizzard: WoW on iOS remains a possibility

World of Warcraft could yet be released on iOS, providing developer Blizzard can find a way of acceptably mapping the MMO’s controls onto touch screens

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 19th 2012 at 3:56PM in News
600 jobs lost at Blizzard

600 jobs lost at Blizzard

World of Warcraft house Blizzard Entertainment is to begin a global downsizing operation that will result in 600 job losses.

Rob Crossley
by Rob Crossley
on Feb 29th 2012 at 6:18PM in News
Blizzard curbs World of Warcraft exodus

Blizzard curbs World of Warcraft exodus

A total of 100,000 World of Warcraft subscribers left the PC MMO during the three months ending December 31st, according to financial documents filed by Activision Blizzard.

Rob Crossley
by Rob Crossley
on Feb 13th 2012 at 4:54PM in News
Activision Blizzard's revenue hits $4.7bn

Activision Blizzard's revenue hits $4.7bn

Activision Blizzard has posted record breaking revenue of $4.76bn for the financial year.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Feb 10th 2012 at 10:11AM in News

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Kotick: Old Republic a win for George Lucas, not EA

Kotick: Old Republic a win for George Lucas, not EA

Well, if nothing else EA can at least take this as proof that Activision is nervous about Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 29th 2011 at 9:56AM in News
Old Republic could steal 1m WoW players

Old Republic could steal 1m WoW players

The global launch the Star Wars MMO could trigger a mass-exodus of World of Warcraft subscribers, according to new analyst data.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 22nd 2011 at 3:55PM in News
2m leave World of Warcraft in one year

2m leave World of Warcraft in one year

The number of World of Warcraft subscribers has fallen from over 12m to 10.3m in one year.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Nov 9th 2011 at 10:08AM in News
ONLINE GAMES FOCUS: Blizzard

ONLINE GAMES FOCUS: Blizzard

As of June this year, World of Warcraft had 11.1 million subscribers.Speak to any other MMO creator and they would bite your hand off for even a slice of that ...

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Oct 13th 2011 at 12:10PM in News
Future closes World of Warcraft magazine

Future closes World of Warcraft magazine

Having managed just five issues, Future has called time on its officially licensed World of Warcraft magazine.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Sep 19th 2011 at 9:29AM in News
Planetside 2 goes free-to-play

Planetside 2 goes free-to-play

Upcoming PC shooter Planetside 2 will adopt a free-to-play model following the long line of MMOs that did so earlier this year.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Sep 12th 2011 at 10:28AM in News
'World of Warcraft has not reached its peak'

'World of Warcraft has not reached its peak'

Blizzard has dismissed fears that PC?MMO World of Warcraft is on the wane.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Aug 29th 2011 at 1:00PM in News
Old Republic gets first live demo

Old Republic gets first live demo

GAMESCOM: Attendees at Gamescom 2011 were treated to the first live gameplay demo of Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Aug 16th 2011 at 4:29PM in News