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World of Warcraft returns to growth with over roughly 7 million players in the lead-up to the 'The War Within' expansion (www.windowscentral.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

During the panel, Blizzard offered a bit of a post-mortem on the previous expansion, Shadowlands, which the firm said failed to meet player expectations.

As a result, World of Warcraft has achieved a type of player growth not seen in years, coinciding with an analysis from BellularGaming that the game has roughly over 7.25 million active subscribers โ€” which we can independently verify as accurate according to our sources.

It had a more down-to-earth storyline with moments of cinematic action and personal drama, reworked class talent trees that allowed players to more freely customize their characters, and high-quality visuals and music.

The permadeath brutal difficulty of Classic Hardcore and the old-school exploration and Class-combination experimentation of Season of Discovery were well-received by the fanbase.

Beyond the retail gameplay of WoW: Dragonflight, Blizzard has created a ton of additional value to keep players subbed, with modes like Season of Discovery and the recent Plunderstorm time-limited battle royale.

The fact that the subscriber base has held steady over the course of the expansion bucks the trend of decline created by Shadowlands, which was heavily ill-received by the playerbase.

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