Warcraft maker tops studio study 暴雪成为世界上顶尖的游戏工作室_文化教育

Warcraft maker tops studio study 暴雪成为世界上顶尖的游戏工作室

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Blizzard¹, the maker² of World of Warcraft, is the world's most bankable games studio, according to a study.

调查显示，魔兽世界的制造商--暴雪，是世界上银行最能接受的游戏工作室。

Online role playing game World of Warcraft boasts more than 10 million subscribers（捐款人） worldwide and the firm's revenues top $1.34 billion annually³.

Nintendo takes second spot, with Rockstar North, makers⁴ of Grand Theft Auto⁵, third, and Capcom fith.

The list was compiled by Develop magazine and is based on sales figures, review scores and industry standing⁶.

Develop's editor-in-chief Michael French said: "World of Warcraft has... truly penetrated⁷ pop culture, inspiring（令人振奋的，鼓舞人心的） everything from web memes to episodes of The Simpsons, showing Blizzard's ability to not only create compelling experiences but also court user expectations."

Twenty six UK studios make the Top 100 list, including Travellers Tales (12th), maker of the Lego videogames, and Media Molecule⁸ (18th), the creator of LittleBigPlanet.

Peter Molyneux's Lionhead, developer of the Fable⁹ games, is awarded the 22nd spot.

Twelve separate developer studios owned by Electronic Arts, the second biggest games publisher in the world, make the list.

Treyarch and Infinity¹¹ Ward¹⁰, the developers which alternate the creation of Call of Duty video games, are at seven and eight in the chart.

The list reflects the changing nature of the video games landscape with mobile game developers PopCap (35th) and PlayFish (98th) also in the Top 100.

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1 blizzard
n.暴风雪
参考例句：
The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain.我们还在山上的时候暴风雪就袭来了。 You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off.你得等暴风雪停了再走。

2 maker
n.制造者，制造商
参考例句：
He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。 A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

3 annually
adv.一年一次，每年
参考例句：
Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。 They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。

4 makers
n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）
参考例句：
The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。 The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。来自《简明英汉词典》

5 auto
n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车
参考例句：
Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。 The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

6 standing
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
参考例句：
After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。 They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

7 penetrated
adj. 击穿的，鞭辟入里的动词penetrate的过去式和过去分词形式
参考例句：
The knife had penetrated his chest. 刀子刺入了他的胸膛。 They penetrated into territory where no man had ever gone before. 他们已进入先前没人去过的地区。

8 molecule
n.分子，克分子
参考例句：
A molecule of water is made up of two atoms of hygrogen and one atom of oxygen.一个水分子是由P妈?f婘??妈?成的。 This gives us the structural formula of the molecule.这种方式给出了分子的结构式。

9 fable
n.寓言；童话；神话
参考例句：
The fable is given on the next page. 这篇寓言登在下一页上。 He had some motive in telling this fable. 他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。

10 ward
n.守卫，监护，病房，行政区，由监护人或法院保护的人（尤指儿童）；vt.守护，躲开
参考例句：
The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。 During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时，我要点根火把，抵挡蚊虫。

11 infinity
n.无限，无穷，大量
参考例句：
It is impossible to count up to infinity.不可能数到无穷大。 Theoretically,a line can extend into infinity.从理论上来说直线可以无限地延伸。

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