Vivendi raking in the gold with WoW

Looks like all those monthly fees are really starting to add up for Vivendi as they announced their second quarter revenues last week, and it appears they have grinded their fair share of gold in the land of Azeroth.

Vivendi Universal Games, the division of the French company that owns Blizzard Entertainment, lead the charge posting a $203 million U.S. or 29.6% increase over the same quarter last year. That's almost enough for an epic mount!

The company said that its runaway hit World of Warcraft accounted for the majority of the gain and they expect the good times to keep rolling once The Burning Crusade makes its way onto store shelves sometime this fall.

Personally, I think I'm going to go out and buy some shares that way I can convince my girlfriend I am actually making money by playing.