Case Study: World of Warcraft

With more than 10 million active monthly subscribers playing worldwide, World of Warcraft (@warcraft) is one of the most recognized and popular gaming franchises. In addition to winning countless awards for rich MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) gameplay and cutting-edge digital design, World of Warcraft (WoW) has also developed into a vibrant online interactive community. Blizzard, the game’s developer, had the foresight to build into their platform rich chat functionality, party and guild systems for in-game collaboration, and even a vibrant digital goods ecosystem.

To extend WoW’s footprint, Blizzard looked to Twitter for ways to broadcast a user’s gameplay and in-game activity to a broader community.

Blizzard’s key objective was to help their users bring their in-game experience to their external friends, communities and guilds. To accomplish this, they created a Twitter sharing feature that lets users take screenshots or selfies and share them via a Tweet. Additionally, users are prompted to share their accomplishments or acquisition of new items on Twitter.

Micah Whipple, editor of World of Warcraft, shared that “Twitter was a natural fit for integration, given that we were already using the platform to broadcast product updates and provide support to our active online community.”

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