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Well, if nothing else EA can at least take this as proof that Activision is nervous about Star Wars: The Old Republic. EA’s upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic is seen by some as the first real contender to World of Warcraft’s subscription MMO crown. Not that Bobby Kotick agrees. …
Read More »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. Lazard Capital Markets has downgraded Activision Blizzard’s stock from ‘buy’ to ‘neutral’ after a recent survey found that more than half of existing World of Warcraft subscribers have grown …
Read More »Warcraft ‘could lose 1m players to Old Republic’
Activision Blizzard stock downgraded to neutral after worrying survey results
Read More »Activision shares drop after Warcraft exodus
Publishing giant posts third-quarter income of $148 million
Read More »Another 800k quit as Warcraft exodus hastens
The kingpin MMO has lost one million customers this year
Read More »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. Yesterday Blizzard announced that 800,000 players left the PC MMO between July and September. During October last year the game reached a peak with over 12m users. Earlier this year that figure fell …
Read More »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 success. But to Blizzard, that number marks the game’s first decline in users since the title launched in 2005. Last …
Read More »Future closes World of Warcraft magazine
Having managed just five issues, Future has called time on its officially licensed World of Warcraft magazine. Subscribers are free to either claim a refund for the issues that will now never be published or instead claim a voucher entitling them to six in-game World of Warcraft pets. Current Activision …
Read More »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. The FPS MMO sequel from Sony Online Entertainment will include free-to-play in some form, but concrete details have yet to be determined, reports VG247. The developer’s studio head …
Read More »‘World of Warcraft has not reached its peak’
Blizzard has dismissed fears that PC?MMO World of Warcraft is on the wane. The developer and publisher reported 11.4m subscribers in its last financial report, a drop of 600,000 since its 2010 high when the expansion pack Cataclysm was launched. But the company believes it can still ‘build and sustain’ …
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