In a post to the wow gold developer's site today, Blizzard president Michael Morhaime apologized.
"Since June 2007, World of Warcraft has grown its subscriber base by over 1.8 million, to 10.9 million players," he said, mentioning WOW's recent Latin American and upcoming Russian launches. The ubiquitous massively multiplayer game's second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, remains scheduled for release later this year. The first expansion, The Burning Crusade, launched in January 2007.In a conference call with analysts after the report, Kotick said the combined company has a whopping $3 billion on hand, putting it in a prime position for "acquisitions." He also said that, according the NPD Group, Guitar Hero "is the biggest game franchise this year--even bigger than Grand Theft Auto--in terms of dollars."Blizzard Entertainment knew that demand would be great for this year's BlizzCon, the developer's annual meet and greet in Anaheim, CA. As such, the developer expanded its presence at the Anaheim Convention Center from two halls to three. However, even that wasn't enough to satiate the demand of its nearly 11-million-strong fan base, and Blizzard said that tickets for the event had sold out within 24 hours of going on sale earlier this week, Web site snafus and all.However, for those who were unable to wrest a pass for this year's BlizzCon from the overwhelmed ticket servers, hope has not yet faded. In a post to the wow gold developer's site today, Blizzard president Michael Morhaime apologized for the restricted guest list, and said that the company has managed to secure an additional 3,000 slots that will be sold by way of a lottery system."
