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WoW players coming back from the WAR
It was inevitable that a wave of World of Warcraft players would be taken away from the game for Warhammer Online. It is also inevitable that many of those players would return to WoW after trying out the new shinies. Yet, according to a recent interview with Blizzard COO Paul Sams at ...
State of The Game - Mark Jacobs
herald.warhammeronline.com — Folks, After over three years of work and one of the smoothest launches in MMORPG history, WAR... is moving quickly towards the end of its first month. This is a perfect time to take a look at where we were, where we are and where we are going. First, on ... (more) State of The Game - Mark Jacobs
MMO WAR // Interview
gamesindustry.biz — Massively multiplayer online games, or MMOs, are a growing market. People see Blizzard operating World of Warcraft... and imagine bags of money and critical acclaim. Very few companies rise to the occasion of producing an MMO and fewer succeed in ... (more) MMO WAR // Interview
WoW Achievements vs WAR Tome of Knowledge
blessingofkings.blogspot.com — Patch 3.0.2 brought Achievements to WoW, and so far they're proving to be a lot of fun.... I've explored and finished a few low level quests in Eastern Kingdoms to unlock the exploring and questing achievements. I went on a raid to kill Hakkar and ... (more) WoW Achievements vs WAR Tome of Knowledge
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Warhammer's numbers in the face of WotLK
The Many Relms of Relmstein — ... There have already been recent claims from Paul Sams the COO of Blizzard that half of the players who left for Warhammer have come back. This is probably true, but it's not as bad as it sounds. A lot of the current players in Warhammer are probably players who quit World of Warcraft quite awhile ago or came from other games. The numbers Paul Sams is quoting is probably just the accounts that were closed in mid-September. I sincerely doubt that all those 750,000 accounts were all people who recently quit World of Warcraft. You also have to count in the trend of World of Warcraft ...

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