"Since our merger in the year that we joined we've delivered better than expected financial results for four consecutive WOTLK Classic Gold quarterly periods" stated the chief executive. "Our second quarter's performance was due to the Activision Publishing's Prototype, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and World of Warcraft."

World of Warcraft franchises, in addition to Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft. In the midst of a difficult economic environment, Activision Blizzard grew its quarterly North American and European market share 2.8 points across all platforms to 12.7 percent, up from 9.9 percent in the year before and was the most popular North American third-party console and handheld publisher during the first quarter and one-half of the calendar year in accordance with Charttrack, the NPD Group, Charttrack and Gfk."

"No Starcraft II for you! It's only one year until you can return!"Although today's announcement may be the music to Activision Blizzard shareholders' ears however, it also contained some shocking information for gamers. According to rumors, Blizzard tainment's Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty won't start until the first quarter of 2010. "

Over the last few weeks, it's been evident it's going to take more time than anticipated to prepare the brand new Battle.net to launch this game" the Irvine, CA-based company said in an announcement. "The updated Battle.net will be an essential component to your StarCraft II experience and will become an integral part of all the games we play in the future. The extra time for development is crucial to help us achieve our goals for the Battle.net service."

Starcraft II's delay as well as the previously announced postponement for the science-fiction shooter Singularity have caused Activision Blizzard to lower its annual guidance by $4.3 billion down to $4.05 billion.

In a meeting with analysts after the announcement, Kotick, Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffiths, Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime, and other executives shared the following information: World of Warcraft is still playing in China however, it is "ready to launch again pending receipt of the required permission by China's government. Chinese authorities."

DJ Hero's tracks are heavily localized, with European versions focusing on "dance songs."Activision Blizzard predicts that following their respective launch about 33 million Xbox 360s 20 million PlayStations as well as fifty million Wiis will be sold in the North American as well as Europe market by buy WOTLK Gold the end of the year.