Blizzard Entertainment also revealed

The announcement was made during the 2006 Electronic tainment WoTLK Gold Expo, the World of Warcraft film is being made through Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. A subject of a lot of speculation, the film was, in a bizarre way, associated with Saving Private Ryan director Steven Spielberg. The casting details or release date has been revealed.

Activision Blizzard profits hit $1.1 billion in 2012

Activision Blizzard today reported full-year and fourth-quarter 2012 numbers The company's annual profit increased to new record $1.1 billion. The year's net revenue was $4.86 billion, which is an record for the game developer. In the fourth quarter, which ended on December 31st, Activision Blizzard posted revenue of $1.77 billion and a profit of 354 million.

The digital division of the company contributed significantly for its profits in 2012 as revenue reaching a new record $1.6 billion. This is 32 percent of the total revenues.

Blizzard Entertainment also revealed it has revealed that World of Warcraft subscriptions have decreased from 10 million at September's end to 9.6 million by December 31. Even with the decline however, the game is still the top subscription-based massively multiplayer online online role-playing game, according to the company.

Additionally, Activision announced that the Skylanders WOW WoTLK Classic Gold franchise has earned greater than $1 billion in retail since it was launched in. This is significantly more over the $500,000 total revenues the company announced earlier in the month, but this figure only included sales from the United States.