Activision Blizzard has reported healthy financial results following the launches of both Overwatch 2 and last year’s Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2.
Blizzard’s monthly active users have seen a sharp uptick, up nearly 87 percent year-on-year, following a long trend downwards. Revenue for the three months ending 31st December rose by roughly the same amount, as people splashed their cash on the free-to-play sequel.
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, the latest expansion to Blizzard’s long-running MMO, launched in late November. For the first time in 10 years, sales were down slightly on its predecessor, 2020’s Shadowlands (which shifted over 3.7m copies at launch).
