Edge Online writes: "You might say that it's an accomplishment in itself to pry a few World of Warcraft players away to try a different MMO.
So Funcom should be commended for apparently drawing some of those WoW players away to play Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, which launched in late May.
Blizzard president Mike Morhaime said during an Activision Blizzard earnings call on Thursday, "Age of Conan released with some initial success a couple of months ago, and we did see some of our players leave to try the game. However, we've seen about 40 percent of those players return to World of Warcraft."
In about a month's worth of time, Funcom's Age of Conan garnered 700,000 subscribers, according to the developer."
Blizzard Entertainment has announced the opening of beta registrations for “World of Warcraft: The War Within,” inviting players to explore new subterranean worlds beneath Azeroth.
Danish from eXputer: "Despite Blizzard's attempt to give a fresh new spin to World of Warcraft, some fans still seem to be stuck in the past."
HG writes: "Blizzard is usually pretty bad at keeping secrets, but the company somehow managed to keep this one under wraps until now. Plunderstorm is a special limited-time event that’s basically World of Warcraft’s take on the Battle Royale genre."
No one will ever be able to beat wow.
True but it's not like their was even decent attempt to be competitive . i mean look at aoc the best contestant ... it's bug ridden , empty of content , truthfully a real wreck , that many players past the initial polish of the 1-35 areas leave in flocks .
I no longer play WoW but I know a load of people who do or did until recently. Almost every single person I know that used to play WoW and is now playing Age of Conan can be summed up in a single quote.
"It something to do until Wrath of the Lich King comes out"
Age of Conan is a long, long, long way from even being as good as WoW was before Blizzard mucked it up with Burning Crusade.
Warhammer will steal more
i hope warhammer is good. i need some new game that isnt as buggy as aoc and not as broken as wow.