Despite the drop in players the operating results of Blizzard were solid. Revenue grew 77% over the course of WOW WOTLK Classic Gold the year due to mainly World of Warcraft and specifically WoW's Shadowlands expansion." World of Warcraft saw huge reach, engagement and participation in value-added services, and significant number of new players joining this community on their first visit, which was boosted by efforts to improve the onboarding experience," Activision Blizzard said.

Activision Blizzard defines monthly active users as the total number of players who have played any particular game in a given month. The figure is calculated by adding the total number of monthly active players in all the months within a time period and dividing it by three.

"For Blizzard, an individual who has access to the same game on two platforms or devices in the period of time would usually be considered one user," Activision Blizzard said.

This is different from Activision and King. Due to "technical limitations" players who play the identical game on two different platforms or devices can be counted as having two users. Activision Blizzard also cautioned that certain data it collects comes from third-party sources.

While Blizzard's total number of players could be declining year-over-year, it's not altogether very unusual. In Q1 2019. we saw the onset of the pandemicand led to a surge in the number of gamers as a result, so comparing it to that quarter was always going be hard to replicate. Blizzard appears to be poised for an increase in the near future, since it is set to release World of Warcraft: Resurrected and WoW: Classic - The Burning Crusade this year. Its mobile-based game World of Warcraft is also scheduled to launch in 2021 and will make a huge impact. The game will be free to play game that comes with optional purchases.

World of Warcraft won't make it's debut until 2022 at the earliest, however they'll likely be huge growth drivers as they come out.Outside of the new Blizzard numbers The Activision Blizzard report revealed massive new numbers in the game World of Warcraft and news that the game in 2021 was developed by Sledgehammer Games, and will come with the integration of Warzone.WoW Classic Burning Crusade Expansion Release Timeline Leaked On Battle.net

It appears the World of Warcraft Classic's first expansion, The Burning Crusade, may be out in the near future. The players have reported cheap WOTLK Gold seeing an updated pop-up advertisement for the Battle.net launcher which announces the release date of June 1 with regard to The Burning Crusade.