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Internet in China: World of Warcraft logs over 1 million concurrent players

Chinese online game operator The9 Limited has announced that Blizzard Entertainment‘s World of Warcraft has logged more than 1 million concurrent players in mainland China alone, the highest concurrency since the game’s official launch in China in June 2005. The9 is a major online game operator in China, and operated servers for World of Warcraft players in China. The9 attributes the growth of WOW gaming in China in part to The Burning Crusade expansion pack, which added significant new content to the game, bringing previous players back to the franchise while drawing new gamers in […]

Chinese online game operator The9 Limited has announced that Blizzard Entertainment‘s World of Warcraft has logged more than 1 million concurrent players in mainland China alone, the highest concurrency since the game’s official launch in China in June 2005.

The9 is a major online game operator in China, and operated servers for World of Warcraft players in China. The9 attributes the growth of WOW gaming in China in part to The Burning Crusade expansion pack, which added significant new content to the game, bringing previous players back to the franchise while drawing new gamers in. “It is no doubt that the epic game content and quality of Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade has once again written a new chapter in mainland China’s online game history,’ The9 said in a statement.

World of Warcraft continues to dominate the MMORPG industry, boasting more than 10 million subscribers as of January 2008.

By Itamar Medeiros

Originally from Brazil, Itamar Medeiros currently lives in Germany, where he works as VP of Design Strategy at SAP, where he leads the design vision for the entire Human Capital Management product line, ensuring cohesive product narratives and establishing best practices.

Working in the Information Technology industry since 1998, Itamar has helped truly global companies in multiple continents create great user experience through advocating Design and Innovation principles. Itamar has also served as a juror for prestigious design competitions and lectured on design topics at universities worldwide.

During his 7 years in China, he promoted the User Experience Design discipline as User Experience Manager at Autodesk and Local Coordinator of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA) in Shanghai.

Itamar holds a MA in Design Practice from Northumbria University (Newcastle, UK), for which he received a Distinction Award for his thesis Creating Innovative Design Software Solutions within Collaborative/Distributed Design Environments.

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