World of Warcraft’s Battle for Azeroth launches August 14

Blizzard Entertianment announced today that the Battle for Azeroth expansion for World of Warcraft is coming out on August 14.

This will be the seventh expansion for multiplayer online role-playing game. World of Warcraft requires a subscriptions, which costs $15 per month. Subscription numbers peaked in 2010 at 12 million before falling to 5.5 million after the Warlords of Draenor expansion in 2015. After that, Blizzard stopped reporting those numbers. But a new expansion always brings an increase in players.

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Mike Minotti

Mike Minotti has been with GamesBeat since 2012, starting as an intern. Based near Youngstown, Ohio, he now manages GamesBeat's editorial team. He's also a prolific podcaster, appearing on multiple shows covering the gaming industry.