The massive multiplayer online MMORPG game has reached no less than 10 million subscribers worldwide, and according to Blizzard Entertainment, the largest number of fans is located in Asia, where the company counted 5.5 million gamers. Then comes North America with over 2.5 million and Europe with 2 million.

"It's very gratifying to see gamers around the world continuing to show such enthusiasm and support for World of Warcraft," declares Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "We're always pleased to welcome new players to the game, and we're looking forward to sharing the next major content update with the entire community in the months ahead."

It is indeed the most popular MMORPG game around the world, since the start, when it was opened in North America on November 23 2004. Since then it become a best seller in 2005 and 2006 in all countries in the world, while The Burning Crusade expansion pack has beat the record of fastest sold PC game of all time reaching 2.4 million copies in just the first 24 hours and 3.5 million in the first month.



World of Warcraft is advancing continuously with Russia expecting its language version to be released this year.

Blizzard Entertainment explains what a subscriber is: a person who has paid the subscription tax or has an active prepaid card for WoW, as well as those that have purchased the game and still have the free month trial.
Included are also the Internet Game Room players who had access at WoW during the last 30 days.

Yes, it is the time to show the others how tough you are in gaming and to do that you could start wearing one of these pin medals to remember us all about the endless epic battles you participated at and the high scores you reached, but hurry up, because this is a limited edition!

Console Wars I medals can be found at the Supermandolini online store from Greece and they come in metal with a cool gold finish, measuring 5cm x 2.5cm and wearing the symbol of the 8-bit Nintendo controller.

The price is about $27.

<-250x250 Square - left->The new free online version of the famous Battlefield video game will be launched by EA Games later this year and will be supported by advertising and micro payments, being a major step of the company into the new ad-driven revenue sources in Western markets.

But besides this aspect, the new type of gaming will surely become friendlier and more accessible, so you can forget from time to time about the complex games full of skilled gamers and requiring high-end PCs on which to play it after finding some free time to go to the store and search to buy it.
Ben Cousins, senior producer at Dice, has a word: “You will be able to play this game on grandma's laptop."

From the free Fifa game version available in South Korea, EA earns over $1 million a month via the in-game sales.
EA expects that the new version of Battlefield to have a larger impact on the masses than the current series sold in 10 million copies worldwide, because it is built to be simpler with more focus on fun than strategy.
For example, players will buy different item to customize their appearance but they won’t be able to get any advantages from buying weapons.

But what about the ads? Will they be annoying? Well, according to Ben Cousins these ads won’t appear during the play, but only on the official website and on the front-end of the game. Sounds cool!