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Thursday, November 03, 2005 

Next Generation - Warcraft Fuels VU Games 92% Rise

Next Generation - Warcraft Fuels VU Games 92% Rise: "VU Games has announced year-on-year sales up 92% for the first nine months of this year, driven by World of Warcraft's success. The company also pointed to releases such as The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, Robots, Delta Force: Black Hawk Down, Empire Earth 2, The Simpsons: Hit & Run and FlatOut.

But World of Warcraft, which has managed over 4 million paying customers worldwide, was the main catalyst.

VU Games, owned by Vivendi, announced revenues of 396 million Euros ($450 million) for the period.