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  • Cataclysm is the fastest-selling PC game "of all time"

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    Adam Holisky
    Adam Holisky
    12.13.2010

    The first reports are in on Cataclysm sales, and the expansion appears to be doing quite well. In the first 24 hours of the game's release, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm sold 3.3 million copies (compared to Wrath of the Lich King's 2.8 million). This is only a good thing for Azeroth, as it's seeing this expansion be even bigger than the last -- and for a six-year-old game that's three expansions in ... that could be unprecedented. The main part of the press release below, and the full release after the break. Blizzard PR PARIS, France. -- December 13, 2010 -- Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that World of Warcraft®: Cataclysm™, the third expansion for the critically acclaimed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), sold through more than 3.3 million copies as of its first 24 hours of release*, making it the fastest-selling PC game of all time. This milestone eclipses the previous record of more than 2.8 million copies sold in 24 hours, set in November 2008 by Blizzard's second World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King®. source