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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands has actually become the video game’s most anticipated growth to date, securing more pre-sales than any other expansion in the game’s storied history.
According to our buddies at PC Gamer, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick stated: “We have actually seen extraordinary engagement patterns since the [World of Warcraft] customer base doubled following the launch of Classic in 2015. Pre-sales of the upcoming Shadowlands expansion are the highest we have actually seen at this stage ahead of any release.”.
Kotick reportedly added that Wow is one of the few franchises that generates “over $1 billion” in annual net bookings, alongside its other fan-favourite series, Call of Task.
” Franchise engagement is at its highest level for this phase ahead of a growth in a decade,” added Activision Blizzard COO Daniel Alegre.
This doesn’t, obviously, make it the most successful or the most successful of all time– we’ll have to wait to see how sales continue after launch for that.
As we reported earlier this week, Blizzard has actually now verified that the brand-new growth Wow: Shadowlands will be readily available from November 23, 2020 at 3pm PST (that’s 10 pm UK time). The pre-launch occasion will take place on November 10, and the expansion’s very first raid, Castle Nath
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