Wow the high lords return Pc#

You have to look at the game itself too, though, and Shadowlands represents something of a soft reboot for World of Warcraft.

(And since the games share a single subscription fee, they're commercially indistinguishable.) The developers say that there isn't much crossover in the communities of the classic and modern games, but it's easy to imagine that Classic boosted mindshare and tempted many lapsed players back to the wider fold. Kotick also seemed to suggest last year's launch of the retro WOW Classic was a turning point. Few are the popular games that haven't seen more interest and more playtime this year, with everyone spending more time at home, searching for comfort and entertainment. What's going on? The pandemic, certainly. Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has been talking up this venerable franchise too, boasting of record player engagement before the expansion released and noting that it brings in over a billion dollars a year, making it the financial equal of stablemate Call of Duty.

Wow the high lords return Pc#

Shadowlands, WOW's eighth expansion - or perhaps we should more properly call it the ninth edition of the game - was briefly the fastest-selling PC game of all time this month, before Cyberpunk 2077 came out. Platform and availability: Out now on PC and Mac.