The Twitch stats WoTLK Classic Gold available to the public show that even later into the evening, around 10 pm ET, World of Warcraft had 593.000 viewers. This was well ahead of No. second game Fortnite, which has 120.000 gamers. It's no surprise that the launch of a game that has been awaited for a long time would lead to a huge surge in the number of viewers. It will be interesting to examine how World of Warcraft can continue to gain popularity in the weeks and days ahead. In the early hours of Tuesday, it continues to have nearly six times as many viewers than the next largest game.

On Mixer, it's a different story. Fortnite is the second most-played game for viewers, right behind the music section and Fortnite.

The down side of WoW Classic's popularity , is that gamers are faced with lengthy server queues, even when Blizzard also added four servers prior to the launch.

WoW Classic, as its name suggests, is a re-release of WoW, the original MMO from 2004 , but with some improvements to the game's functionality. It's free for all existing users buy WOW WoTLK Classic Gold of WoW. For moreinformation, read P2Pah's comprehensive guide to everything you have to be aware of about WoW Classic.