World of Warcraft Subscription Numbers Are Higher Now Than at Expansion Launch in a Franchise First

It’s easy to roll your eyes and say that MMORPGs are dead if you, ya know, don’t play MMORPGs. But 20-year-old World of Warcraft still seems to have plenty of spring in its step, according to Warcraft general manager John Hight. Its latest expansion, Dragonflight, has more subscribers now than it did at launch, and… Continue reading World of Warcraft Subscription Numbers Are Higher Now Than at Expansion Launch in a Franchise First

Gal Gadot’s Heart of Stone Debuts to Solid Numbers, but Still Short of Her First Netflix Original

Gal Gadot’s Heart of Stone premiered on Netflix last Friday and while early viewership numbers are solid, they may not be taking off quite like the streaming service hoped. According to data provided to IGN by analytics company Samba TV, 1.8 million U.S. households watched Heart of Stone in its opening weekend. The action film… Continue reading Gal Gadot’s Heart of Stone Debuts to Solid Numbers, but Still Short of Her First Netflix Original

Suits Writers Call Out Abysmal Residuals as Show Racks Up Massive Numbers on Streaming Services

More than 100 days into the Writers Guild of America strike, writers for the beloved legal drama Suits are calling out the abysmal excuse for residuals they have received for their work on a show with major streaming numbers. Needless to say, they deserve a lot more than what they’ve gotten so far — which… Continue reading Suits Writers Call Out Abysmal Residuals as Show Racks Up Massive Numbers on Streaming Services

Baldur’s Gate 3 Launch Sees Big Numbers on Steam and Twitch, and They’re Climbing Rapidly

Baldur’s Gate 3 is off to a big start on Twitch and Steam. The highly-anticipated new RPG by Larian Studios excited early access earlier today, whereupon it quickly rocketed to a strong 308,000 concurrents on Steam and has since risen to 340,000. Not too bad for a hardcore RPG that had been broadly overlooked by… Continue reading Baldur’s Gate 3 Launch Sees Big Numbers on Steam and Twitch, and They’re Climbing Rapidly