Shadowlands has secured more pre-sales than any other World of Warcraft expansion in history

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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands has become the game's most anticipated exp♕ansion to date, securing more pre-sales than any other expansion in the game's storied ꧙history.

According to our pals at , Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick said: "We've seen unprecedented engagement trends since the [World of Warcraft] subscriber base doubled following the launch of Classic last year.🌳 Pre-sales of the upcoming Shadowlands expansion are the highest we've seen at this stage ahead of any releasღe." 

Kotick repor🃏tedly added൲ that World of Warcraft is one of the few franchises that generates "over $1 billion" in annual net bookings, alongside its other fan-favourite series, Call of Duty.

"Fran🌺chise engagement is at its highest level for this stage aheadꦕ of an expansion in a decade," added Activision Blizzard COO Daniel Alegre.

This doesn't, of course, make it the most successful or the most profitable of all time – we'll have to wait to see how sales continue after launch for that.

As we reported earlier this week, Blizzard has now confirmed that the new expansion World of Warcraft: Shadowlands will be available from 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:November 23, 2020 at 3pm PST (that's 10pm UK time). The pre-launch ꦺevent will take place on November 10, and the expansion's first raid, Castle Nathria, is expected to roll out on Dec𝐆ember 8.

The expansion was initial꧒ly announced in November 2019 and was first slated for a late October release, but was subsequently delayed. The World of Warcraft team took the time to thank the WoW community, including the beta testers and players who have been leveling up in the Shadowlands pre-patch. 

The announcement stated that the extra time has been used "to further polish the expansion and shore up the endgame, including overhauling the combat and rewards in the Maw, and reworking the Covenant systems to make your choice more immediately helpful and have clearer long-t🍒erm goals".

Find out about all the changes to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:character classes and levelling in Shadowlands.

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