The decline could have been even more severe had it not been because of World of Warcraft 's huge Fury of Hellfire update, which contributed to "stabilize" subscriber WoTLK Gold numbers, Activision said.

In terms of the financial performance, Activision Blizzard revenue rose during the quarter. The company recorded $759 million in revenues for the quarter, up from $658 million in the previous year. Profit was $93 million, double the $45 million of net profit at this time last year.

Another bright spot was digital revenues, which reached an all-time high of $611 million during the quarter, which was up 27 percent from last year.

Activision Blizzard will hold an earnings call to talk about these results and more today, starting at 1:30 p.m. PDT or 4:30 PM Eastern Time. Check back later for more.

Blizzard Tainment has reacted to the criticisms regarding World of Warcraft 's controversial scaling of enemies. Recently, it was discovered that the enemy's health levels in the MMO could alter based on what level of weapons you have equipped. This significant change, which Blizzard claimed it was against earlier in the year (via Eurogamer), is now being changed in response to the feedback of players about it.

In a forum post in the last day of this forum, Blizzard said it is currently "significantly reducing the rate that the health of your creature increases according to buy WoTLK Classic Gold your level of item." In actuality, this feature is already available to players of World of Warcraft .