Thanks to its strong third-quarter performance, Activision has raised its expectations for WoW cataclysm Gold the entire year. Activision now anticipates to bring in $4.57 billion in revenue for the year, which is an increase by $4.33 billion that the company originally anticipated.

The year ahead is anticipated to be a challenging year. Kotick added that Activision has been "cautious" in its approach towards 2013 because of several things.

"As we approach 2013 we remain concerned about our business prospects due to the constantly challenging global economy and the ongoing transition of consoles and very difficult year-over year comparisons due to Blizzard's record-breaking WoW Cataclysm Classic sales in 2012," he said.

In addition, during the post-earnings financial conference, Activision has confirmed Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm isn't going to be released in 2012, but is expected to launch in the first half of 2013.

In the end, Activision refused to comment on an analyst's question about the settlement amount it paid for Infinity Ward founders Jason West and Vince Zampella. One analyst has estimated the figure to be somewhere in the region of "tens to millions."

Dota 2 players currently outnumber WoW Cataclysm Classic subscribers

Valve's hugely profitable MOBA, Dota 2, currently has many more gamers than Blizzard's game-changing MMO, WoW Cataclysm Classicin the numbers of players that were released publicly by Valve.

Dota 2's official Dota 2 blog is home to a counter that tracks the total number of players that the game has had over the past month. As reported by Reddit player dagla the counter indicates that Dota 2's players have surpassed 7.86 million players in the last month. This puts it just a bit ahead of the 7.8 million users buy WoW Cataclysm Classic Gold had when Activision first reported figures in February.