azeroth.metblogs.com - 30 days ago
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This is Blizzard’s first dabblings in micro-transactions in World of Warcraft, and it’s gotten more than a few people pretty riled up. You can snag a Lil Lich, a Pandaren Monk, and more, all through the Blizzard store.
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Paid Pets: Pandaren Monk
leafshine.net 30 days ago — So, Blizzard surprised us all yesterday by opening up in-game pets for sale on the Blizzard store. One of them, the Pandaren Monk, is linked to charity, in that Blizz gives 50% of the proceeds of his sale to the Make-a-Wish Foundation . (I'll address ...
Pandaren Monk Review
blog.weflyspitfires.com 26 days ago — In a moment of utter lunacy, I decided to purchase the Pandaren Monk pet for World of Warcraft so I could see what all the fuss was about and review it for my blog. It comes with a hefty price take in the UK (£9, more than my monthly subscription and about 30% more than the US equivalent) but ...
World of Warcraft: How Much for That Pandaran Monk In The Window?
mmogamer.com 11/4/2009 — In an unexpected move, Blizzard just announced the addition of a new Pet Store, where players can buy in-game pets for World of Warcraft using real world dollars. Players will be able to make their purchases outside the game through the new Pet Store website for $10.00 per pet, bringing WoW ...
It’s a Pet Store not a Gear Store
worldofmatticus.com 11/4/2009 — Blizzard’s opened up the virtual pet store where you can purchase the first of several pets to come. I don’t actually know this, but I’m fairly certain we’ll be seeing more purchasable pets later.
What’s the big deal?
In a nutshell, the micro-transaction MMO model involves consumers paying ...
Blizzard Pet Store: A Cue for QQ?
mendpet.com 30 days ago — So if you haven’t heard the news , Blizzard has added two extremely adorable non-combat pets to the Blizzard Store. This was instantly controversial, with people calling Blizzard out for adding ‘microtransactions’ to the game, and being profiteers or some such.
They ...
WoW Pet Costs More Than My Monthly Subscription
blog.weflyspitfires.com 30 days ago — Of course the big news today was that Blizzard have entered the micro-transaction scene and are now selling in-game pets , bound to your account, via their online store. Can’t say I’m really surprised as Blizzard have been slowly introducing more and more paid services over the ...
Breakfast Topic: Will you buy the new in-game pets? —
WoW.com
In-case you missed it, which really is only possible if you were living under a rock or had something else going on, yesterday's news was some of the largest out of WoW this year. Blizzard is now allowing you to purchase in-game pets for real life money through the Blizzard store . There are ...
Blizzard lança Pet store! —
WoW Girl
Bom, agora que eu vou à falência.Blizzard lançou à venda na sua loja, pets do WoW. Isso mesmo, daqueles non-combat pets.
Até agora, tem dois modelos, o Pandaren Monk e o Lil’ K.T., the mini-lich .
E se o que você precisa é de um motivo nobre, a venda do Pandaren monk até dia 31 de ...
Pandaren Monk and Lil K.T. Pets Go! —
A Jess of All Trades
I have been waiting FOREVER to hear news about the Pandaren Monk pet that was datamined a while back. Today, it went LIVE! And so did Lil K.T. And the awesome thing about it is, you can go to the blizzard store and buy them for $10 each ! No farming, no grinding, no rare drops or rare spawns ...
WoW now with microtransaction … or macrotransaction —
Ogrebear's Thoughts
For the low low low price of 10 bucks. 10,000 pennies you can buy an in game pet in WoW.
There are 2 pets a Pandaren Monk and Lil K’T pet. If you buy the Pandaren pet 5 bucks will go to the make a wish foundation (which is pretty cool). The pet doesn’t do anything, (can’t ...
The Pet Store: Buy In-Game WoW Pets For Real Money —
Worldofraids News
On one hand, Blizzard is giving 50% of the proceeds for the Pandaren Monk to the Make-a-Wish Foundation. On the other hand, it's only until the end of this year (which even so could be a substantial amount of money), and it's only for one of the two pets, so keep that in mind if you're planning ...
Introducing the Pet Store —
Online Gaming Radio
Today we’re pleased to introduce the Pet Store for World of Warcraft, a new way for players to obtain in-game pets to join them on their adventures in Azeroth. Two brand-new companions are now available for purchase exclusively at the Pet Store in the online Blizzard Store: Lil’ ...
Pandaren Monk Pet - Get It, 'nuff Said —
Altosis
The Pandaren Monk pet has finally manifested! I remember when I first saw a video of it. I immediately wanted one NOW. Well, Blizz has finally released the pet, but in a novel way. You buy it. No, you don't buy a trading card, or spend your time on the sites of a soda company. You buy it ...
On the new vanity pet store —
Duct Tape and a Prayer
Just so we’re clear, spending hundreds of dollars buying booster packs of the TCG (or on eBay) to get a chance at a Spectral Tiger Cub is okay, but spending $10 at the Blizzard store to get a Pandaren Monk isn’t?
I just wanted to make sure we were all clear on that.
(For the ...
Pandaren? Lil’ KT? No worries. —
Forever a Noob
There’s a lot of chatter around the blogosphere about the new Blizzard Pet Store . For many, this is a nice perk in the game. For others, its the end of the world.
From Wikipedia …
Slippery Slope = a classical informal fallacy. A slippery slope argument states that a ...
Blizzard pet store now regional —
WoW.com
In a short (but not necessarily sweet) announcement, Zarhym announced on the official forums that the recently opened Blizzard pet store are now regional. This means that pets purchased from, say, the European store can only be redeemed on European World of Warcraft accounts. He doesn't go ...
Breakfast Topic: How far would you let WoW microtransactions go? —
WoW.com
One of the hottest topics in the past week was Blizzard's foray into the microtransactions game. By announcing the Blizzard pet store, World of Warcraft had officially come on par with other MMOs and online games that sold in-game items for real world money. Our informal survey showed that ...
Pandaren in the World of Warcraft —
WoW.com
In among all of the "omg fake pets for real money" scandal from this week's announcement , we may have missed something big: the Pandaren are now live in the World of Warcraft . The Pandaren are my favorite Azerothian race, even though they're essentially a joke -- Samwise Didier just loves ...
Betting is open —
BullCopra
Blizzard Store's vanity pet sale micro transactions haven't gone unnoticed. Several bloggers have posted for and against the mere idea of Blizzard beginning a micro transaction system through their Battle.Net tied Blizzard store and all I can say is what did I tell you. The list ranges from ...
Blizzard Gets Microtransactions —
Nerfbat
Though I consider name changes and the like to be a lesser form of microtransactions, Blizzard has crossed into the real world of microtransactions by selling in-game pets . While donating half of the proceeds from the Pandaren Monk pet (and only that pet) is a nice gesture, it’s an ...
I beat the system by a day —
BullCopra
The posts I wrote about DLC, F2P and micro transactions and Payable content with their extensive discussions in the comments section just got a new twist, as Blizzard added the purchase able in-game minipets to the Blizzard Store. Leafshine purchased herself the Pandaren Monk ...
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