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Warlords of Draenor kicks subscriber base back up to 10 million

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Just a few months ago, things weren’t looking so hot for World of Warcraft. Granted, there were still millions of active players, but it was on a slow and steady decline. Blizzard were hoping that Warlords of Draenor would revitalise things somewhat, and it has.

According to a press release from Blizzard, they have surpassed 10 million subscribers thanks to the launch of their latest expansion.

On November 13, millions of Azeroth’s champions enlisted for the war against the Iron Horde with the launch of World of Warcraft®: Warlords of Draenor, the fifth expansion to the world’s #1 subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game.* Blizzard Entertainment today announced that as of the first 24 hours of the expansion’s availability, more than 3.3 million copies had sold-through and the game’s global subscriber base had passed 10 million, with growth across all major regions

Expansion or not, for a game that is around 10 years old, that’s damn impressive. The launch had some teething problems (including a DDOS attack), but Blizzard made it up with an apology and some free game time. I expect players to stick around for a good few months at least.

Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment, is happy with the results the expansion has yielded.

“We’re thrilled that so many players jumped in to play Warlords of Draenor on day one and are having a great time with the new content. We poured a lot of hard work and passion into this expansion, and we appreciate all the kind words from players and the overwhelming support they continue to show for World of Warcraft.

I’ve yet to give World of Warcraft a bash. I fear I will fall into the addiction and never crawl out. Besides, where am I meant to find time for it AND that other game I love so much?

Last Updated: November 20, 2014

41 Comments

  1. Oh, I’ve got a spare key if anyone is interested?

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    • Admiral Chief Wang

      November 20, 2014 at 10:32

    • HairyEwok

      November 20, 2014 at 10:32

      You and your golden spare keys.

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      • Admiral Chief Wang

        November 20, 2014 at 10:33

        I don’t hear you complaining?

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        • HairyEwok

          November 20, 2014 at 10:34

          Ok I grant you that one XD

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          • Admiral Chief Wang

            November 20, 2014 at 10:34

            Enjoying it?

          • HairyEwok

            November 20, 2014 at 10:37

            Started playing last night and oh my gawd I keep walking and stopping at points and just stare at the beauty, the story so far is a bit odd but I’m sure it’ll get more clear as I progress further.

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            November 20, 2014 at 10:55

            It picks up straight after the events in 1, so yes, can be a bit confusing at the start.

          • HairyEwok

            November 20, 2014 at 11:12

            In the end cinematic gerald rushes into the kings study and kills the assasin with king foltest right there next to him alive and now in 2 hes been captured and questioned about the same kings death?

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            November 20, 2014 at 11:30

            If I remember right, because it’s been quite a while, they’re playing with flashbacks to previous events when switching between the interrogation & the events that led up to his capture. Kinda like in a TV show when they show the end result first, but then the events leading up to it.

          • HairyEwok

            November 20, 2014 at 11:45

            Feck, time to get out the notepad to draw a mind map.

    • Ottokie

      November 20, 2014 at 10:32

      I hope someone asks for it XD

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      • Admiral Chief Wang

        November 20, 2014 at 10:33

        😉

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    • johnhenryr

      November 20, 2014 at 11:03

      I wouldn’t mind at all. Haven’t given the new expansion a go yet 🙂

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      • HairyEwok

        November 20, 2014 at 11:21

        @Admiral_Chief:disqus Give this man his key XD

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  2. Hammersteyn

    November 20, 2014 at 10:34

    That other game? Oh you mean League of Legends?

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      November 20, 2014 at 10:51

      I bet he’s still playing that Kardashian game.

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  3. Ottokie

    November 20, 2014 at 10:35

    Its a great expack!, even though I only got to lvl 100 last night due to huge ques and lag this last week. But the free game time makes up for it 😛

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    • HairyEwok

      November 20, 2014 at 10:39

      I wanted to play WoW for so long but meh it’s true they say the game is more fun with friends, and the odds of meeting other fellow SA players on the game is next to nill. I’ll buy a subscription again if i get to play with alot of SA peeps.

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      • Ottokie

        November 20, 2014 at 10:42

        Twilight’s Hammer server EU, Guild is “Pap en Vleis”. They only let in SA people if you are interested 😛 Horde side.

        I play Silvermoon EU – Alliance

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        • HairyEwok

          November 20, 2014 at 10:46

          I take it if I join that guild my chars name will have to be something SA too like “NouGanOnsBraai” XD

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          • Ottokie

            November 20, 2014 at 10:47

            Hahaha nope, you choose what ever, they just test you with a question that only SA people will know 😛

          • HairyEwok

            November 20, 2014 at 10:50

            I have a full proof answer to whatever question they will ask….. Julius Malema.

          • Ottokie

            November 20, 2014 at 10:50

            That should work perfectly XD

          • Guest

            November 20, 2014 at 10:52

            No need to ask a question is four nick is “PoesKlap”. I think that’ll pretty much say it all… XD

          • theseasonswither

            November 20, 2014 at 10:52

            No need to ask a question if your nick is something like “PoesKlap”.
            Think that’ll pretty much say it all… XD

          • loftie

            November 20, 2014 at 11:13

            Yeah SA names are boss lol

            I have a DK called Ysterboer
            a Shaman called Sangomaboer
            a hunter called Geweerboer
            a paladin call Totiekop
            a druid called Viskop
            and a priest called Fishcream (random lol)

          • theseasonswither

            November 21, 2014 at 06:41

            I’m seriously considering getting back into WoW.
            Haven’t played it in over 3 years…

            That was mainly due to the fact that it was supremely difficult to find people who were willing to take me on Raids and other things.

            I only ever killed Illidan, nobody else 🙁

          • loftie

            November 21, 2014 at 08:17

            well, at lvl 90 you can solo illidan, lich king, and all other 60, 70 ,80 raids as well as all 60-80 instances normal and heroic 🙂

            there is a dungeon finder now as well so you can queue for raids and instances and get matched into groups just like pvp battlegrounds. so seeing all the content is very easy now

          • theseasonswither

            November 21, 2014 at 08:32

            Hmmm. Tempting.

            I really don’t want to have download gigs and gigs again just to get the game though.
            I may have to find someone who I can grab the installed game from if I decide to jump back in.

          • Norm (@e3zype3zy)

            November 20, 2014 at 10:48

            Winning name, I used to play on a US server and everyone kept on asking what my Tauren druid’s name (Braaivleis) meant.

        • Eric

          November 20, 2014 at 12:57

          Whaha. I remember Pap en Vleis. I ended up joining Unforgiven II after they moved servers. Haven’t played in years though.

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      • Brenz

        November 20, 2014 at 10:50

        Cape Town Alliance: Lightbringer – EU

        My friend and I just started this guild, we growing slowly but surely 🙂

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        • Ottokie

          November 20, 2014 at 10:52

          That’s awesome, there are a fair bit of SA people on Lightbringer from what I have seen on “other forums” 😛

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          • Brenz

            November 20, 2014 at 10:53

            Theres quite a big community yeah, I was surprised.

          • Ottokie

            November 20, 2014 at 10:59

            I would love to move to an SA server, but I have become apart of a really awesome raiding guild for the last 5 years so they are like family 😛

          • Brenz

            November 20, 2014 at 11:35

            Yeah I was part of something like that a few years back, then real life happened and I had to quit 🙁
            We are hoping on building up a decent roster to make a core 10man raiding group, will see how we do!

        • loftie

          November 20, 2014 at 11:09

          or Horde – Draenor EU – 4 of us play regularly

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          • Brenz

            November 20, 2014 at 11:37

            I dont have any horde chars funnily enough. I mean I got 1 or 2 low levels, but nothing near max, always been on alliance. Saying that I been considering faction change for one of mine just to experience the horde side of this xpac.

      • ReaperOfSquirrels

        November 20, 2014 at 16:21

        You’d be surprised how many WoW players are from or in SA… I know I was.

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  4. ReaperOfSquirrels

    November 20, 2014 at 16:20

    We’ll see how long it lasts though… have to wait 60-90 days after the end of the month to know how many will stick with it.

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