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World of Warcraft: Forever’s seemingly stellar launch continues as it soars to the top of Twitch’s most viewed games, beating out the likes of League of Legends and Zelda
World of Warcraft: Forever drew a large Twitch audience shortly after launching, reaching the platform’s most-watched games spot and surpassing League of Legends and several other new releases. The strong viewing figures add to signs of a successful launch, following a popular beta and a comparatively smooth first day.
At the time of the article, WoW had about 385,000 viewers, with streamer Ahmpy attracting around 18,300. League of Legends had 81,400 viewers, Aion 2 had 75,900 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake had 63,100; Twitch’s Just Chatting category had 145,000. Blizzard had not released official player or subscriber figures, and has kept WoW subscriber counts private since around 2015.
In short
- WoW reached about 385,000 Twitch viewers after launch.
- It topped League of Legends and several other games.
- Blizzard has yet to publish player numbers.