Although YouTube works to shut down gaming content WoTLK Gold however, the US government has been working hard to become more involved in gaming online. In December, documents came out which revealed that the government had being monitoring online activity within World of Warcraft, Second Life and Xbox Live in order to track down terrorists. The government has not arrested any terrorists through the program, and each Microsoft and Blizzard have come forward to claim they had no idea about and had no intention of allowing the intrusive surveillance.

Niantic was criticized heavily in the last year as it halted the use of third-party applications to locate rare monsters, and shut down major features, such as the ability to monitor World of Warcraft. Quigley defends the move by saying that Niantic was forced cut content in order to ensure the game continued to run. "[The applications] were taking our server down on the part," he says. "You've to keep your customers happy, but you need to ensure that the core product in the public domain.

Quigley also recalls Niantic's concern about how World of Warcraft's upcoming issues would impact Nintendo along with The World of Warcraft Company. "It's not a positive impression about their business," he said. "That's the reason we had to take some difficult decisions, like blocking third-party websites. It's not easy, but ultimately it's the proper thing to do over the duration of our product."

In fact, Nintendo and World of Warcraft's popularity were closely connected buy WoTLK Classic Gold throughout the summer. The game reportedly earns $2 million per daily, while its astronomical initial download rate caused an increase of 86% in Nintendo shares within a single week.