Blizzard have announced that their latest expansion, World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria has sold 2.7 million copies in the first week.

This latest expansion for the successful MMO has helped push the global user base over ten million where there has been growth across all major regions.  Blizzard are also working on the first major content update for the expansion with more details coming in the next few weeks.

Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime stated:

“With Mists of Pandaria, we set out to expand on the sense of fun and discovery that’s always been at the heart of World of Warcraft – in addition to adding a huge variety of new content and features to the game, It’s been gratifying to see the results of all of the work we put into this expansion and to hear all of the positive feedback from players so far.”

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Source: CVG