Blizzard’s latest World of Warcraft expansion, Cataclysm, has been well received by gamers (read our Cataclysm review here), and now Blizzard has revealed that the game has sold 4.7 million copies in its first 30 days on the market. On day one, the game sold an impressive 3.3 million copies, and there’s no reason it shouldn’t surpass the 5 million mark this month, which will make it the best selling WoW expansion ever.

We just told you that WoW: WotLK owners would be able to access a free 10-day Cataclysm trial but before you go ahead with that, heed this warning. World of Warcraft is highly addictive and has been known to suck the life out of many players. This isn’t because Blizzard is administering its players any drugs but because the game is so highly entertaining that sitting down for a 1 hour session could see the entire day go out the window.

Don’t believe me? Well, it seems that one player recently did the amazing feat of logging a full 149 hours in one week. For math majors out there, that means he played for literally over 6 days straight. Now that’s dedication!

I wonder if he reached the level cap with that session.

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MMORPGs are certinaly in no drought with several big name titles from various devleopers currently on the market. However, one of the biggest (if not the biggest) MMOs on the market is none other than Blizzard’s World of Warcraft.

Well, as you’re sure to know, the game’s latest expansion dubbed Cataclysm has just hit store shelves giving gamers even more content to explore and unlock. If you had any doubt that World of Warcraft was still a hugely popular game, Blizzard has come forth today to let us know that the latest expansion has managed to sell a staggering 3.3 million copies on its first day to market.

These are some pretty damn good sales numbers and if anything gives us clear indication that Blizzard will continue to support World of Warcraft for year’s to come.

Did you pick up Cataclysm? If so, how are you liking it?

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It seems that just about every day several new video game titles get announced but very few of them actually go on to become smash hits. However, for these smash hits popular retailers like GameStop have been known to hold midnight launch events giving hardcore gamers a chance to play before anyone else.

One such title that is massively popular is World of Warcraft amassing millions of monthly subscribers. Well, if you’ve been paying attention you’ll know that the game has a new expansion dubbed Cataclysm coming out soon. Unsurprisingly enough, GameStop has come forth to announce that they will be holding a midnight release for the game where there were will be all sorts of WoW themed festivities.

Seeing how listing all 3,500+ stores would make for the longest post ever, we’re just going to tell you to call your local GameStop to figure out if they are holding such an event.

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While I’ve frequently said I won’t ever be returning to Azeroth, the forthcoming release of Cataclysm has really got me considering a World of Warcraft come back. If, however, I get into the beta my chances of returning will most likely skyrocket.

Beta, you ask? Yes, MMO-Champion has recently gotten word that the Cataclysm beta is set to drop in April. Of course, there’s been absolutely no word from Blizzard regarding the matter and there probably won’t be right until the beta is ready to launch. And now we play the waiting game.

What was one a growing epidemic has finally come to an end. Mike Morhaime, president of Blizzard, has recently took center stage to let us know that World of Warcraft‘s subscriber base has stood still at 11.8 million ever since late last year.

However, Morhaime doesn’t see the WoW coming to and end any time soon as he hopes the forthcoming release of Cataclysm will boost the subscriber base. Additionally, he let us know that Wrath of the Lich King has yet to drop in China so when it does that number will most likely also see a boost.

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Blizzard has been working on a secret MMO for some time now and details have been ridiculously scarce ever since the project began. However, if a recent trademark filing is anything to go by we might be one step closer to discovering what the game’s title will be.

Cataclysm is the filing and was filed for use in the field of online games, computer games and paper based products. There’s no telling if this is actually the MMO’s title but those 3 fields look pretty convincing considering the MMO would be an online computre game and most likely have some sort of trading card game like World of Warcraft.

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