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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[WoW's Lich King sells record 2.8 million copies in 24 hours]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/20/wows-lich-king-sells-record-2-8-million-copies-in-24-hours/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/20/wows-lich-king-sells-record-2-8-million-copies-in-24-hours/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/20/wows-lich-king-sells-record-2-8-million-copies-in-24-hours/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/world-of-warcraft/" rel="tag">World of Warcraft</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/business-models/" rel="tag">Business models</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/events-real-world/" rel="tag">Events, real-world</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/expansions/" rel="tag">Expansions</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/launches/" rel="tag">Launches</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmo-industry/" rel="tag">MMO industry</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/new-titles/" rel="tag">New titles</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://roggerrabbit.forumfree.net"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/lich_king_by_raneman-sms-1108.jpg"  alt="" /></a><br /></div>
The numbers are in and <a href="http://www.blizzard.com">Blizzard</a> has <a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=310209">broken their own record</a> once again. After selling 2.8 million copies in 24 hours, <a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com"><em>World of Warcraft</em></a>'s second expansion, <a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath"><em>Wrath of the Lich King</em></a>, has set the record as the fastest-selling PC game of all time, according to Blizzard. The irony is that the previous record holder was also Blizzard with their first <em><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/world-of-warcraft/">WoW</a></em> expansion, <em><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/the-burning-crusade/">The Burning Crusade</a></em>, which sold 2.4 million on the January 2007 launch day.<br /><br />Blizzard's CEO and co-founder, Mike Morhaime, commented on the occasion, <em>"We're grateful for the incredible support that players around the world have continued to show for </em>World of Warcraft<em>."</em> Now the company is setting its sights on breaking the next record of 3.5 million copies sold in the first month; a record also set by <em>The Burning Crusade</em>. At this pace, they should easily break that next week.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/20/wows-lich-king-sells-record-2-8-million-copies-in-24-hours/">WoW's Lich King sells record 2.8 million copies in 24 hours</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:15:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21195>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/20/wows-lich-king-sells-record-2-8-million-copies-in-24-hours/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1378178/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/20/wows-lich-king-sells-record-2-8-million-copies-in-24-hours/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>blizzard</category><category>breaking</category><category>breakingnews</category><category>mike-morhaime</category><category>record-breaking</category><category>tbc</category><category>the-burning-crusade</category><category>world-of-warcraft</category><category>wotlk</category><category>wow</category><category>wrath-of-the-lich-king</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shawn Schuster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:15:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
