New research from stat junkies Screen Digest suggests that games are still on the rise; and that isn't the only game to be benefitting.

According to the analysts MMO subscription numbers grew 22 per cent last year, the business now worth over 1.4 billion dollars between and North America.

Blizzard's seminal World of Warcraft does of course still dominate proceedings, taking an estimated 55 per cent of the 2.2 billion USD earned in the since 2005.

Screen Digest note that free to play MMOs are not covered by their new report, while they expect the MMO industry to account for more than 2 billion USD per year by 2013.

By Luke Guttridge