WoW is the right expression for this!

It appears that WoW now has over 8 million subscribers worldwide, passing by the earlier number of 7 million! With over 2 million players in North America alone, it's amazing how much WoW has grown over the years! Here is a another successful year for both World of Warcraft and Blizzard!

IRVINE, Calif. – January 11, 2007 – Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announced today that World of Warcraft®, its subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), is now played by more than 8 million gamers around the world. World of Warcraft has also achieved new regional subscriber milestones, with more than 2 million players in North America, more than 1.5 million players in Europe, and more than 3.5 million players in China.

You can view the press release over at Blizzard's main site!