World of Warcraft tops eight million users
World of Warcraft has signed up its eight millionth player, making it an online community with the same population as Austria.
The role-play game was started in 2004 and is set in the fictional realm of Azeroth.
Players join as weak fighters, thieves or magicians and develop their abilities online while playing against other people around the world.
Players buy the game for ?19.99 in the UK and then pay around ?11 per month to keep using the online world.
