That number increased to 9 million

The growth of wow tbc gold the MMORPG has been relatively stagnant in recent times, but. in 2005 the game's subscriber base was at 5 million In Jan. 2007, Blizzard announced a base of eight million players. the number increased in July 2007.

That number increased to 9 million. the following month, in January, the number was 10 million, and then, in January of 2008 it climbed to 11 million. The most recent online census Blizzard did was in December 2008, when the company announced the game had 11.5 million users.

In the future, World of Warcraft 's third expansion, Cataclysm, is currently in the beta stage and will roll to be released on PC or Mac on the 7th of December. Cataclysm will be the sequel to 2007.'s Burning Crusade and 2008's Wrath of the Lich King. The book will be released in the standard version for $40 and a collector's edition priced at $80.

It is believed that the World of Warcraft franchise will have been in existence for only a little over 16 years by the time Cataclysm will be available to players eagerly in December. Speaking to P2Pah at the time of the franchise's 15th birthday Blizzard chief design Jeff Kaplan said, "I am convinced that there are enough interesting concepts to continue keeping WOW running for until the Internet is alive".

WoW Director Changes Positions To Mysterious New Project Inside Blizzard World of Warcraft 's game director, Tom Chilton, is no longer involved in the longest-running PC MMO. In an article on his blog, Chilton announced that he's going to cheap wow classic tbc gold pursue an "new adventure" inside Blizzard.