Canberrans take leave for World of Warcraft: Forever release
Canberra workers took annual leave to play the new World of Warcraft release together.
Reported by region.com.auClaims checked against the source, 21 h ago.
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Key facts
- 50 hours
- Gameplay hours
- 4 days
- Annual leave taken
- 9 million
- Global players
- $100 million
- Game upgrade cost
- Morgan took four days of annual leave and clocked 50 hours of gameplay, fuelled by energy drinks and Uber Eats kebabs.
- Tradies, public servants and IT consultants also took time off to play the new World of Warcraft: Forever release together.
- The upgraded game added new locations, characters and easier-to-play features and drew around nine million players worldwide.
- Morgan had been waiting since age eight for a new version and promised his girlfriend months in advance he would make it up to her.
