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Overwatch has over 15 million players

Even more impressive, Activision set a record quarter with over 491 million active monthly users.

David Craddock

August 4, 2016 2:05 PM

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Activision Blizzard disclosed earnings for its second quarter of the 2017 fiscal year, ending on June 30 (via GameSpot). The conglomerate set a record quarter with $1.57 billion in GAAP net revenue, a 50 percent increase over the same period in 2015. Most of those earnings came from digital sales: $1.14 billion, to be exact.

In total, Activision Blizzard hosted 491 million active monthly users during the quarter, and 33 million of them played Blizzard products. Overwatch has exceeded a player base of over 15 million, a figure likely to grow as Blizzard prepares for the inaugural Overwatch World Cup beginning next month and culminating at BlizzCon in November.

Hearthstone had a record quarter as well, and World of WarCraft saw a decent spike in traffic compare to this time last year.

Activision claimed another 409 million users due to its acquisition of King, the studio responsible for Candy Crush.

David Craddock

Long Reads Editor

David L. Craddock writes fiction, nonfiction, and grocery lists. He is the author of the Stay Awhile and Listen series, and the Gairden Chronicles series of fantasy novels for young adults. Outside of writing, he enjoys playing Mario, Zelda, and Dark Souls games, and will be happy to discuss at length the myriad reasons why Dark Souls 2 is the best in the series. Follow him online at davidlcraddock.com and @davidlcraddock.