All in all Activision WoTLK Classic Gold Blizzard saw an increase in game-related spending of $596 million when looking at the three months to June 30, to the same period in the year before. The bulk of that ($536 million) is from Activision and Blizzard, while Blizzard reported an increase of $19 million, mainly due to World of Warcraft wotlk classic, and King saw a rise of $41 million due to King's Candy Crush game.
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This report attributes the dramatic growth in expenditure due to World of Warcraft wotlk classic, which was released in October of 2019 as opposed to the October 2018 release of World of Warcraft wotlk classic : Black Ops 4. The game also includes Warzone in that it is a free to play battle royale spinoff which launched in March of this year. Although World of Warcraft wotlk classic : Mobile launched in the same time along with Modern Warfare, the report suggests that Warzone performed the bulk of the bulk of the work related to microtransactions.
Of course the period is also an era when many around the world were locked down and this led to increased gaming spending all over the world.
A prior earnings report had Modern Warfare easily overtaking its predecessor Black Ops 4, well before Warzone was even released. Modern Warfare looks to be an enormous gaming experience, and not the space it will take up in your computer.
Blizzard has cheap WoTLK Gold announced during Gamescom that it has already a World of Warcraft wotlk classic content patch scheduled for Legion which is a surprise, considering that the next expansion is still to be announced. The patch 7.1, Return to Karazhan will restore the area that was previously an area for five players and nine bosses.