"Disappointing" was the word analysts initially used to describe Mists of Pandaria's launch, but this week, analysts who've apparently heard of these newfangled "digital downloads" predicted stronger sales numbers for World of Warcraft's fourth expansion... and have thus far been proven right. In fact, so far, Blizzard has sold 2.7 million copies of MoP and reports subscription tallies over 10 million, up nearly a million from the 9.1 million measured last summer. And that's before China weighs in and the first major content patch arrives.
The rest of this week's top MMO stories are rounded up beyond the break!
- Daniel Erickson leaves BioWare
- Lips are unsealed as NDA drops for MechWarrior Online
- SOE announces Esamir, PlanetSide 2's cold new continent
- Blizzard's Rob Pardo says single-player games are an endangered species
- An interview with disabled gamer Keith 'Aieron' Knight
- Ten things to do in City of Heroes before it's gone
- Final Fantasy XIV announces changes to money and items
- Four more essential Secret World tips
- ArenaNet reveals plans for supporting Guild Wars 2
- Six things I learned about leveling in RIFT via instant adventures
- NCsoft crushes the hopes of City of Heroes fans
- Our Guild Wars 2 wishlist
- Guild Wars 2's diminishing returns mechanics
- Funcom says The Secret World is 'not going free-to-play any time soon'
- The SWTOR Terror From Beyond experience
- Core Online says hello to the world
- Aventurine confirms character wipes for Darkfall's reboot
- Guild Wars 2 video and dev blog explain legendary weapons
- Anarchy Online prepares for Steam debut
- The Soapbox: Own your game's mistakes
- Funcom rehires laid-off staff
