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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands<\/em> has become the single fastest-selling PC game in history, according to Blizzard<\/a>. With 3.7 million units sold after just one day, Shadowlands<\/em> broke an industry-wide record as the most popular PC game launch in history.\u00a0<\/p>

The previous record had stood for eight years and was also held by another Blizzard title, Diablo III. <\/em><\/p>

Since Shadowlands<\/em> launched two weeks ago, WoW<\/em> has seen \u201cits highest number of players on monthly or longer-term subscriptions compared to the same period ahead of and following any WoW expansion in the past decade,\u201d according to Blizzard. Those metrics would make the Shadowlands’ <\/em>launch the most successful time period in WoW<\/em>\u2019s history since the launch of its third expansion, Cataclysm<\/em>\u2014which, coincidentally, was released 10 years ago this week.\u00a0<\/p>

In addition to the newfound jolt of life that Shadowlands <\/em>has brought to WoW<\/em>, \u201ctotal player time in game this year to date has nearly doubled compared to the same period last year,\u201d according to Blizzard. Considering the WoW<\/em> community\u2019s backlash toward the game\u2019s previous expansion, Battle for Azeroth<\/em>, a spike in audience retention shouldn\u2019t come as a surprise.\u00a0<\/p>

\u201cIt\u2019s been a huge thrill to enter this whole-new dimension of the Warcraft universe together with millions of players around the world,\u201d said J. Allen Brack, president of Blizzard. \u201cIt\u2019s been equally rewarding to see players enjoying all of the new features and content in Shadowlands…and there\u2019s much more to come.\u201d<\/p>

Shadowlands <\/em>will see another major burst of content later today when season one launches alongside a revamped PvP landscape, the latest updates to the Mythic+ scene, as well as the game\u2019s newest raid, Castle Nathria.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"