Blizzard Interview
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Of course, the biggest current news event concerning the company is Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, the expansion pack to their hit RTS sequel of 2002. The expansion is due to be shipping to stores worldwide tomorrow with a whopping 2.5 million copies heading to retail store shelves. Even though huge shipments of games are now normal for Blizzard, Roper still seemed amazed at the sheer numbers for Frozen Throne. (I remember when we shipped our first PC game and we came out with 200,000 copies,) Roper said of a number that would still be a respectable figure for most PC games today. (We asked ourselves, '˜Can we really sell that many copies?') Frozen Throne has turned out well, according to Roper, (We got it all in,) he said, referring to all of the new content and features they have included in the expansion. (I'm amazed with the sheer work and content the team put into it.) When asked, Roper would not completely discount Blizzard putting out a second expansion pack to Warcraft III, saying they will make that decision after evaluating the success of Frozen Throne.
