E3 2009: Blizzard accepts Guinness World Record Awards

Posted by Medievaldragon | Jun 5, 2009 | Blizzard Developers, Blizzard Games News, Mike Morhaime, Paul Sams, StarCraft 2 News, Starcraft News, World of Warcraft News | 0 |

Mike Morhaime (CEO) and Paul Sams (COO) accepted the Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition award for World of Warcraft as the most popular MMORPG with 11.6 million subscribers; and for StarCraft, the best selling strategy game for PC with over 9.5 million copies sold worldwide.

Elsewhere in E3, Gaz and Matt had the opportunity to meet up with some of the people who have made massive, record-breaking contributions to videogaming, and who have featured in Gamer

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