Thanks to a relative of mine, Alla isaam7a, I am totally hooked to this game called World of Warcraft. He suggested to me when I asked him about a good game, and since day one, I have been addicted!

I have always been a big fan of strategy and role playing games like Civilization and Civilization II, but never liked the shoot-em ups like Doom. So when he told me about this game, I was pretty sure I wont like it bcz I thought it was basically a big online multiplayer fight. I was wrong. Very wrong!

I wont get into the game too much, but basically, Blizzard (the creators of the game), created an online world where u create ur own character and interact with all the other players throughout the game. It blew my mind when I first tried it out as to how the game does not really follow a certain path, but u create it all and its all human based. Also, it does not end, there is no final goal. U can go on forever, and Ive met people in the game who’ve been playing for more than a year.

Anyway, thats not my point. What shocked me was when I read this article about multiplayer gaming, and more specifically, World of Warcraft. Some interesting information -

1) There are two million subscribers to that game, and its not even released in China yet!! That is just incredible!!

2) “Two million subscribers guarantees Blizzard a monthly income of around $3m, or $36m yearly, and that’s before you account for their cut of the retail box’s face price, and whatever expansions may come.”

This is definitely the future of gaming! What a difference between this and between the days of pacman and donkeykong!

The game is sold in Virgin by the way if anyone is interested!