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During today’s Activision-Blizzard investors’ meeting, the company revealed that World of Warcraft has lost another 100,000 subscribers since Q2 2015, with active numbers hovering around the 5.5M mark representing a nine-year low. Of interest, however, is the further revelation that this is the last quarter that Activision-Blizzard will be revealing subscription numbers, preferring instead to project the game’s health via the overall success of Blizzard as a whole.
The Albion Online team is ready to introduce players to the Laborers system that the game will utilize to assist in gathering resources needed for crafting. To show off the system, a new trailer has been released to provide a visual introduction. Check it out!
Webzen has sent word that the first beta event for ASTA has kicked off as of today, Tuesday, November 3rd. Players will be able to level to 50 and check out the games main features and story.
During the recently held Paris Games Week, Perfect World Entertainment and Runic Games scored a big award with the forthcoming Torchlight Mobile being named the Best Mobile/Table Game of the event.
Ahead of today’s Activision-Blizzard investors’ meeting, a document has been published that reveals that Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft has set a new earnings record in Q3 2015 and that year-over-year player engagement is an impressive 77%.
As part of the released documentation ahead of today’s Activision-Blizzard investors’ meeting, it has been revealed that Destiny has added five million new accounts since the end of Q2 2015, bringing the total number of accounts to twenty-five million. It remains to be seen how many are active, but players taking part are logging three hours per day on average.
Ahead of today’s Activision-Blizzard investors’ meeting, it has been revealed in already-published documents that World of Warcraft subscriptions have dropped only 100,000 to 5.5M since the end of Q2 where subscriptions were at 5.6M. By announcing the Legion expansion during August’s Gamescom, it appears that players are retaining subscriptions pending Blizzcon’s WoW panels and a release date.
Fedeen Games has released a new video that shows off some of the challenging content people will find in the next Forsaken World Mobile expansion, Babel Ascending. Players will be able to challenge a tower with 100 levels packed with powerful monsters and even more powerful bosses. Check it out!
Activision-Blizzard has entered into a purchase agreement with King, creators of Candy Crush Saga, that, if approved by share holders, will see nearly six billion US dollars spent in the acquisition. King will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision-Blizzard and places the gaming giant at the forefront of the mobile games market, the fastest growing sector in gaming.
ASTA is one of a couple games making their way to the West this year from Webzen. Set in a world of Asian Myth and Fantasy combined, ASTA is hoping to find fans here with its setting and unique take on combat.