Game News - World of Warcraft - 9 Million Subscribers And The Comic

Game News - World of Warcraft - 9 Million Subscribers And The Comic

   Slowly but surely, World of Warcraft's population has surpassed yet another arithmetical and psichological milestone this week - that of 9 million subscribers, leaving just one final hop to the inevitable 10 million mark. The difference could be crushed once they release The Burning Crusade over in China or, at the very latest, that enigmatic second expansion they're working on. Or, why not, by a mind-blowing BlizzCon next month. Depends on what the blues plan to announce and show over there, from the WoW front...

   If you're interested in a brief recollection of World of Warcraft's evolution, since late 2004 until now, the announcement is there for you on the Blizzard website. And, also there, they announced World of Warcraft: The Comic, created by DC Comics and set for release in November 2007. The comics' official website hosts some sketches and the following starting scenario for the series:
"When a human is found unconscious on the shores of Kalimdor, with no memory of who he is or how he arrived there, how will he survive? Enslaved by an Orc Shaman, he must fight for survival against members of both the Alliance and the Horde. Will he strike the uneasy balance with the other races he'll need to find the secrets of his past?"    I think the long-since cancelled Warcraft Adventures sounded a bit more interesting, if anyone still remembers it...

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