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'World of Warcraft' loses 2 million players (29th July, 2013)

PARAGRAPH ONE:

1.	losing	a.	have left
2.	Over 600,000	b.	players
3.	owners	c.	playing game (MMORPG)
4.	it is still easily the	d.	subscribers
5.	massively multiplayer online role-	e.	(MOBA) games
6.	due to fierce	f.	of the game
7.	multiplayer online battle arena	g.	competition
8.	12 million active daily	h.	world's most popular

PARAGRAPH TWO:

1.	Despite	a.	an $8.2billion buyout
2.	pushing	b.	giant
3.	get greater	c.	this downturn
4.	spearheading	d.	is successful
5.	telecoms and entertainment	e.	ahead
6.	a 61 per cent	f.	hit
7.	if the acquisition	g.	independence
8.	smash	h.	stake

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

"World of Warcraft", a very popular online game, (1) __________________. Over 600,000 (2) __________________ three months and almost two million in 2013. At the start of the year, Activision Blizzard, owners of the game, had (3) __________________. That figure is now 7.7 million. However, it is still easily the world's (4) __________________ multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). Analysts are (5) __________________ to fierce competition from popular multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games like "League of Legends," which has 12 (6) ___________________.

Despite this downturn, Activision is (7) ___________________ get greater independence. CEO Bobby Kotick (8) ___________________ $8.2billion buyout to be (9) ___________________ again. He wants to buy 429 million shares back from French telecoms and entertainment giant Vivendi, which holds (10) ___________________ Activision. This would fall to 12 per cent if the (11) ___________________. Mr Kotick has been CEO since 1991. He believes in the future of online subscriptions. (12) ___________________ "World of Warcraft" and another Activision smash hit, "Call Of Duty".

ONLINE GAMING SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about online gaming in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
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• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.

• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

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Student B: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

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FREE WRITING

Write about online gaming for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

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