Howdy gamers,

I don’t know about you but I had a wonderful Christmas, with lots of family and friend and delicious food–I even did some of the cooking! As a result, however, I haven’t gotten my lazy self around to reviewing a new gold site for this week. So I’m going to give you something almost as good, which is an excuse to celebrate some more (hey, you gotta find something to raise your glass to between now and New Year’s, right?)

As you may have guessed from the headline, the big news in the WoW world these days is the milestone of 11.5 million subscribers. Not only has WOTLK surpassed anyone’s expectations, selling over 4 million copies in the first month (!) but people are still signing up to play the game for the first time in astounding numbers. It’s especially impressive when you consider that overall this holiday season people spent way less money due to the shaky economy. I bet there are some Blizzard employees enjoying a nice Christmas bonus as we speak! Incredibly enough, a spokesman for the game says that the base package for new subscribers is actually doing better than it was this time last year.

I think that’s reason enough to celebrate, don’t you? Thanks for reading and stay tuned next week for reviews of the best places to buy WoW account safely!