PC gamer sales are currently having a resurgence in the U.S., and one of the reasons behind it is the steadily growing popularity of MMORPGS. In particular, Blizzard's World of Warcraft.

New York Times reports that according to an analyst from the NPD Group, U.S. retailers sold US$ 203 million worth of PC games in the first two months of 2007. NPD's Anita Frazier said that sales in the same period last year peaked at US$ 136.8 million.

According to Frazier, sales of RPG titles were 43 percent higher than in the first two months of 2006, and the release of The Burning Crusade in January is likely to have accounted for a great deal of these sales. "The robust performance we're seeing in PC game sales can be tied to several key titles across several genres," said Frazier. "But we'd be remiss not to address the continued success of World of Warcraft."

If you're a World of Warcraft gamer looking for some freebies, then this is your lucky day. First off, we've gotten word that the current newstand copies of "PC Gamer Magazine" and "Maximum PC" will be bundled with an exclusive trading card from the WoW TCG.

Each magazine contains one of the two cards, which are fully game-playable. Look for the cards in "PC Gamer Magazine" (Holiday issue - on sale November 14th) and "Maximum PC" (December issue - on sale November 21st).

If you think that's all, think again. We've still got some more WoW goodness coming up in the form of the Closed Beta Contest for Burning Crusade. From Saturday, November 18, 9 a.m. Pacific Time (PT) to Monday, November 20, at 12:01 a.m. PT, players who log in to The Burning Crusade closed beta test and play for 5 hours will have a chance to win 1 of 5 prize packages.

The prizes include World of Warcraft, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, and a 1-year paid subscription to World of Warcraft. Now that's one heck of a prize. It's also the perfect gift for anyone that you want to invite into adventuring all over Azeroth during the holidays, because raiding during Christmas just ain't the same if you're not doing it with the ones you love.