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The online gaming community supporting over 1,200 PC titles worldwide recently passed the ten million user mark

According to the latest statistics released by online community and data aggregation tool Xfire, the number of hours spent playing online PC games by its community of over 8 million players fell further in October.

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Average hours spent by Xfire users daily playing World of Warcraft have dropped by nearly 18 per cent from August numbers, according to data from the community and data application for the month of September.

Community and data collection tool, Xfire, has now passed the 8 million subscriber mark, and the latest information on the top 20 most-played titles indicates that World of Warcraft's popularity is holding steady.