January has been very, very good to Blizzard Entertainment. Earlier this month, the game maker announced its World of Warcraft subscription-based, massively multiplayer online role-playing games had surpassed 8 million players. Tuesday, the company said that its “World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade” expansion pack smashed one-day video game sales records with nearly 2.4 million copies sold worldwide. “‘The Burning Crusade’ has already exceeded even our most ambitious expectations,” said Mike Morhame, president and co-founder of Blizzard.
WoW Expansion Burns One-Day Sales Records
Posted by: Walaika Haskins January 23, 2007 04:40 PMJanuary has been very, very good to Blizzard Entertainment. Earlier this month, the game maker announced its World of Warcraft subscription-based, massively multiplayer online role-playing games had surpassed 8 million players. Tuesday, the company said that its “World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade” expansion pack smashed one-day video game sales records with nearly 2.4 million copies sold worldwide. “‘The Burning Crusade’ has already exceeded even our most ambitious expectations,” said Mike Morhame, president and co-founder of Blizzard.