Thousands of retail stores around the world had their doors open at midnight on January 16 to welcome the crowds that had gathered outside, and within 24 hours of The Burning Crusade’s launch that night, nearly 2.4 million players worldwide had purchased the expansion. Further details are available in a news alert we issued this morning. We again welcome all of the current, new, and returning players to The Burning Crusade. It’s been great to see more and more of you take up the cause of the Horde and the Alliance as Blood Elves and Draenei, and to see the most powerful characters in Azeroth venturing deeper into Outland each day.