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Blizzard did not disclose specific figures.","whyItMatters":"Blizzard is claiming a record launch without publishing the numbers behind it, so the only hard figure on the table is the 1 million peak concurrent players its Chinese Weibo account reported for China.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eBlizzard did not publish concurrent player or returning player figures alongside the record claim. The one number attached to the launch came from the official Chinese Weibo account, which put peak concurrent players in China at 1 million, also a record for that market.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForever rebuilds the world of the original game as a separate service from the current World of Warcraft and from World of Warcraft Classic, adding new races, quests, and stories while keeping the original worldview. 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