The announcement of Burning Crusade Classic's date of WOW WOTLK Classic Gold release should have been reason to be a cause for celebration and excitement among the players of the game, but instead the news that was released has many players worried about what changes and microtransactions Blizzard could add in the near future.

World of Warcraft Rogue Breakdown and Open World Features Despite the decline in player numbers Blizzard's financial results were robust. Revenue grew 77% over the course of the year and was largely due to World of Warcraft and specifically WoW's Shadowlands expansion.

" World of Warcraft saw an impressive reach, engagement and engagement in value-added services, along with an especially high percentage of players who joined World of Warcraft for the first time enhanced by initiatives designed to improve the onboarding experience," Activision Blizzard said.

Activision Blizzard defines monthly active users as the amount of people who played a particular game in a given month. The figure is calculated through adding up the number of active monthly players in all the months in a period, then dividing it by 3."For Blizzard, an individual who is logged into the same game on two platforms or devices within the relevant period would generally be considered a single user" Activision Blizzard said.

It is different with Activision or King. Due to "technical limitations," a player who plays the same game on two platforms or devices can be counted as having two users. Activision Blizzard also cautioned that certain of its data originates from third parties.

While the total number of players may be lower than it was last year however, it's not really shocking. Q1 2020 marked the beginning of the pandemicand resulted in a rise in players in the past, so a comparison to the previous quarter was bound to be difficult to match. Blizzard is likely to experience significant growth in the future, as the company will release World of Warcraft: Resurrected and WoW: Classic - The Burning Crusade this year. The mobile game World of Warcraft is also due to be released in 2021. and it could have a major impact. It's a free-to-play game that will have optional purchase.

World of Warcraft won't make it's debut until 2022 at the earliest, however they'll be huge growth drivers as they come out.Outside of the latest Blizzard numbers The Activision Blizzard report revealed massive new figures related to World of Warcraft and news that 2021's cheap WOW WOTLK Classic Gold game is being developed by Sledgehammer Games, and will come with an integration into Warzone.WoW Classic Expanding Crusade Release Timeline Leaked On Battle.net