WOW nabs millionth European customer

Earth is quickly becoming, quite literally, a world of Warcraft. Blizzard's popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game, 2004's World of Warcraft, is still racking up impressive numbers. The Irvine, California-based developer today announced that its European subscription base has surpassed 1 million, bringing the total number of global players to more than 5.5 million.

The effort required to bring WoW to European audiences is greater than in other regions, such as North America. WoW is published in Europe in three different languages--French, German, and English. As such, Blizzard's European headquarters have grown greatly, becoming the second largest Blizzard office on the map.

World of Warcraft was debuted in North America on November 23, 2004. The game's first expansion, The Burning Crusade, is due in stores sometime this year.