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WORLD OF WARCRAFT\u00ae<\/sup>: CATACLYSM\u2122<\/sup> SHATTERS<\/strong> PC-GAME SALES RECORD<\/strong><\/h2>\nLatest expansion for Blizzard Entertainment\u2019s massively multiplayer online role-playing game reaches a record 3.3 million copies sold through as of its first 24 hours of release*<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\nIRVINE, Calif. — December 13, 2010 —<\/strong> Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that World of Warcraft\u00ae<\/sup>: Cataclysm\u2122<\/em>, the third expansion for the critically acclaimed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), sold through more than 3.3 million copies as of its first 24 hours of release, making it the fastest-selling PC game of all time.*<\/sup> This milestone eclipses the previous record of more than 2.8 million copies sold in 24 hours, set in November 2008 by Blizzard\u2019s second World of Warcraft<\/em> expansion, Wrath of the Lich King\u00ae<\/sup>.<\/em><\/p>\nWorld of Warcraft: Cataclysm<\/em> was simultaneously released in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Europe, Russia, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand on December 7, and became available in Korea and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau on December 9. More than 10,000 stores throughout the world opened their doors at midnight to welcome players who wanted to be among the first to obtain a copy of the expansion. In addition, approximately 15,000 players attended official launch events hosted by Blizzard and key retail partners in the US, Canada, France, Germany, Russia, Sweden, the Netherlands, Spain, the UK, and the region of Taiwan.<\/p>\n\u201cWe had to bring Azeroth to the brink of destruction in Cataclysm,<\/em> but the result was our best expansion yet,\u201d said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. \u201cWe want to thank all of our new, existing, and returning players throughout the world for their incredible enthusiasm and support, and we look forward to hearing what they think about all the new content.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cWorld of Warcraft: Cataclysm<\/em> delivered even bigger day-one sales than we experienced with StarCraft\u00ae<\/sup> II: Wings of Liberty\u2122<\/sup><\/em> in July,\u201d said Bob McKenzie, senior vice president of merchandising at GameStop, \u201cmaking this a record year for Blizzard Entertainment at GameStop.\u201d<\/p>\nPrior to the launch of Cataclysm<\/em>, World of Warcraft<\/em>\u2019s subscriber population had grown to more than 12 million players globally, further strengthening the game\u2019s position as the world\u2019s most popular subscription-based MMORPG. More information about the new expansion can be found at the official Cataclysm<\/em> website: http:\/\/www.blizzard.com\/games\/cataclysm\/<\/a>.<\/p>\nTo keep pace with the continued growth of World of Warcraft<\/em> as well as development on other Blizzard Entertainment\u00ae<\/sup> games, the company is currently hiring for numerous open positions. More information on career opportunities available at Blizzard Entertainment can be found at www.blizzard.com\/jobs<\/a>.<\/p>\n*Based on internal company records and reports from key distribution partners. Includes digital pre-sales.<\/em><\/p>\nAbout Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\nBest known for blockbuster hits including World of Warcraft\u00ae<\/sup><\/em><\/a> and the Warcraft\u00ae<\/sup><\/em><\/a>, StarCraft\u00ae<\/sup><\/em><\/a>, and Diablo\u00ae<\/sup><\/em><\/a> series, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com<\/a>), a division of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment software renowned for creating some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed games. Blizzard Entertainment\u2019s track record includes thirteen #1-selling games and multiple Game of the Year awards. The company’s online-gaming service, Battle.net\u00ae<\/sup>, is one of the largest in the world, with millions of active players.
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<\/strong><\/p>\n IRVINE, Calif. — December 13, 2010 —<\/strong> Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that World of Warcraft\u00ae<\/sup>: Cataclysm\u2122<\/em>, the third expansion for the critically acclaimed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), sold through more than 3.3 million copies as of its first 24 hours of release, making it the fastest-selling PC game of all time.*<\/sup> This milestone eclipses the previous record of more than 2.8 million copies sold in 24 hours, set in November 2008 by Blizzard\u2019s second World of Warcraft<\/em> expansion, Wrath of the Lich King\u00ae<\/sup>.<\/em><\/p>\n World of Warcraft: Cataclysm<\/em> was simultaneously released in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Europe, Russia, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand on December 7, and became available in Korea and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau on December 9. More than 10,000 stores throughout the world opened their doors at midnight to welcome players who wanted to be among the first to obtain a copy of the expansion. In addition, approximately 15,000 players attended official launch events hosted by Blizzard and key retail partners in the US, Canada, France, Germany, Russia, Sweden, the Netherlands, Spain, the UK, and the region of Taiwan.<\/p>\n \u201cWe had to bring Azeroth to the brink of destruction in Cataclysm,<\/em> but the result was our best expansion yet,\u201d said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. \u201cWe want to thank all of our new, existing, and returning players throughout the world for their incredible enthusiasm and support, and we look forward to hearing what they think about all the new content.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWorld of Warcraft: Cataclysm<\/em> delivered even bigger day-one sales than we experienced with StarCraft\u00ae<\/sup> II: Wings of Liberty\u2122<\/sup><\/em> in July,\u201d said Bob McKenzie, senior vice president of merchandising at GameStop, \u201cmaking this a record year for Blizzard Entertainment at GameStop.\u201d<\/p>\n Prior to the launch of Cataclysm<\/em>, World of Warcraft<\/em>\u2019s subscriber population had grown to more than 12 million players globally, further strengthening the game\u2019s position as the world\u2019s most popular subscription-based MMORPG. More information about the new expansion can be found at the official Cataclysm<\/em> website: http:\/\/www.blizzard.com\/games\/cataclysm\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n To keep pace with the continued growth of World of Warcraft<\/em> as well as development on other Blizzard Entertainment\u00ae<\/sup> games, the company is currently hiring for numerous open positions. More information on career opportunities available at Blizzard Entertainment can be found at www.blizzard.com\/jobs<\/a>.<\/p>\n *Based on internal company records and reports from key distribution partners. Includes digital pre-sales.<\/em><\/p>\n About Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n Best known for blockbuster hits including World of Warcraft\u00ae<\/sup><\/em><\/a> and the Warcraft\u00ae<\/sup><\/em><\/a>, StarCraft\u00ae<\/sup><\/em><\/a>, and Diablo\u00ae<\/sup><\/em><\/a> series, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com<\/a>), a division of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment software renowned for creating some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed games. Blizzard Entertainment\u2019s track record includes thirteen #1-selling games and multiple Game of the Year awards. The company’s online-gaming service, Battle.net\u00ae<\/sup>, is one of the largest in the world, with millions of active players. Received this information that WoW shatters PC games sales record. A record of 3.3 million copies sold on the first 24 hours of release…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1509,58,14],"tags":[4057,4058,3824,3212,4056,4055,1670],"class_list":["post-15840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-game","category-techie","tag-cataclysm","tag-computer-2","tag-pc","tag-sales","tag-warcraft","tag-world","tag-wow"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8YKZ-47u","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15840"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15843,"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15840\/revisions\/15843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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