World of Warcraft (WoW) players now have the honor of consuming more coffee per hour of video game play than any other gaming group.

A recent study by a Bonn, Germany team has found that World of Warcraft players take in nearly 1 ounce of coffee per hour of WoW game play. This far exceeded the second place Age of Empires PC gamers who came in at a little over one half ounce per hour. In 2009 World of Warcraft was the largest massive multiplayer online role-playing game with over 11 million monthly subscriptions.

The study also broke down coffee consumption by video game console. PlayStation 3 players came in first in putting down the largest amount of coffee per hour. Xbox 360 players were a close second with the Wii console a far distant 3rd place.

On another German note the market research company Media Control GfK recently reported that Germany has overtaken the U.K. as the largest market for video games in Europe. The report cites strong sales in Germany during the first half of 2009 versus a 20 percent drop in U.K. game sales last year. The Wii Fit, which has dominated the German sales charts since the beginning of the year, is credited for Germany’s overtaking the UK.