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Introducing the Pet Store
MMO-Champion - World of Warcraft Guides and Raid Strategies - News —
... Enter the Pandaren Monk, ( http://us.blizzard.com/store/details.xml?id=1100000763 ) a martial-arts expert whos here to help celebrate the upcoming fifth anniversary of World of Warcraft. He may be cute, but hes proof that even the softest of critters can overcome the hardest of circumstances. For every Pandaren Monk that finds its way to a players side between now and the end of the year (December 31, 2009 at 11:59 PDT), well donate 50 percent of the $10 purchasing price to the Make-a-Wish Foundation in an effort to brew up a little hope, strength, and joy in ...
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 are difficult achievements. Just $10 of your money. to top it off, 50% of the proceeds from the Pandaren Monk, through December 31, 2009 will go to Make-A-Wish foundation. Woot! I got myself one of each! They are bind on account, so you have them for all characters past and ...
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 dezembro terá 50% da renda revertida para a fundação “Make-a-Wish”!
Os pets podem ser dados de presente, para outra conta de wow. Se você tiver duas contas linkadas em uma da Battle net, só poderá passar pra uma delas. Todos ...
Blizzard Enters the MicroTransaction World.
MMORPG Games & MMO News - MMOCrunch —
... Enter the Pandaren Monk, ( Panda ) a martial-arts expert who’s here to help celebrate the upcoming fifth anniversary of World of Warcraft. He may be cute, but he’s proof that even the softest of critters can overcome the hardest of circumstances. For every Pandaren Monk that finds its way to a player’s side between now and the end of the year (December 31, 2009 at 11:59 PDT), we’ll donate 50 percent of the $10 purchasing price to the Make-a-Wish Foundation in an effort to brew up a little hope, strength, and joy in a child’s life. ...
World of Warcraft: How Much for That Pandaren Monk In The Window?
The MMO Gamer —
... 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 even further into the fold of those MMOGs embracing micro-transactions. ...
World of Warcraft: How Much for That Pandaran Monk In The Window?
The MMO Gamer —
... 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 even further into the fold of those MMOGs embracing micro-transactions. ...
Pandaren Monk Pet - Get It, 'nuff Said
Altosis —
... 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 directly from Blizz. ...
It’s a Pet Store not a Gear Store
World of Matticus —
... 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. ...
World of Warcraft slowly enters the world of selling virtual items
Big Download Blog —
Filed under: MMO, World of WarcraftSince its release in 2004, Blizzard's MMO World of Warcraft has stayed on the monthly subscription business model for the most part. While Blizzard does charge its players extra for things like faction or race changes in their characters, they have not gone into the business of selling in-game items for real money as other MMOs have done. That may finally be changing, however, as Blizzard has now introduced a way to buy in-game pets for your World of Warcraft character via ...
The Pet Store: Buy In-Game WoW Pets For Real Money
Worldofraids News —
... been requested by many players who enjoy World of Warcraft's non-combat companions.
Will more companions be available for purchase in the future?
We plan to add more pets to the Pet Store in the near future. Keep an eye on the official World of Warcraft website and the online Blizzard Store for details.
Where can I go to purchase these pets?
You can purchase these in-game companions by visiting this link or heading to the online Blizzard Store, where you'll find the Pet Store pets under ...
Online Pet Store!
WoW Vault - The Ultimate Resource —
... You can now purchase in game pets from the Blizzard Store! Check out the new Pet Store section of the Blizzard store and maybe fork over a coupla bucks for your own KT or Pandaren. ...
WoW Pet Shop: Is It the Slippery Slope?
WarCry Network : Latest News —
Blizzard has introduced World of Warcraft players to the mystical world of microtransactions with its new pet shop. Players can purchase a Pandaren Monk or Lil K.T. for $10.00 each. Keep reading and take our poll. 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' K.T. and the Pandaren Monk. Make a Difference: Pandaren Monk Charity ...
Blizzard Pet Store: A Cue for QQ?
Mend Pet —
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 announced it yesterday. I’m sure half the blogging world has a post on it by now, that’s what we bloggers do, you see. We hear juicy topics of debate and our mouths start watering until we get to our keyboard.
Well, I had a whole ...
WoW selling pets as microtransactions
Cuppytalk —
... In a not at all surprising move, Blizzard are now selling adorable little in-game pets for $10 each on their store. We’ve seen them selling services such as character moves and race changes, and this is the next logical step. In game pets are huge in WoW. And ...
New Blizzard Store Items - Ten Ton Hammer
Ten Ton Hammer Headlines —
Today Blizzard released two unique purchasable pets: Pandaren Monk, and Lil K.T. Each pet is ten dollars each and can be found on the online store in the Collectibles tab. Half of the proceeds from every Pandaren Monk purchased through December 31 will be donated to the Make-a-Wish foundation. Both pets have some fun special abilities and will be sure to entertain you and your friends! To read more about these pets visit the Blizzard Store
Blizzard Launches In-Game Pet Store…For Real Money
Azeroth Metblogs —
... along with Lil KT up there a while back on the PTRs. Speculation ran rampant that they were potentially collector’s edition pets for Cataclysm, but now we know their true purpose: Blizzard will sell them in-game, through their Blizzard Store online, and likely through Battle.net at some point. ...
Breakfast Topic: How far would you let WoW microtransactions go?
WoW.com —
... At any rate, it looks like the Pet Store is here to stay. Besides, Blizzard has already been hawking in-game services for real money, so it's not as if these vanity pets are any different. I personally ...
Where in the World of Warcraft is Rill?
WoW Vault - The Ultimate Resource —
... . Second place winner will receive their choice of a brand new Lil'KT or Pandaren Monk pet! Rill could be posting a new round at any time! Check out the ...
Ep 44: Awkward Silence
Rawrbitchrawr —
... micro-transactions, and a listener e-mail might have you trying a different kind of strafe. So, climb aboard Blizzard’s new throbbing Love Rocket and get the lowdown in this week’s show.
This and much more is available for your listening pleasure via iTunes, RSS feed, direct download, or you can stream it from our main page.
Links to topics discussed this week:
New Lil’ KT and Pandaran Monk NOW Available as ...
THL Podcast Episode 12 – Let’s go Skin some Spirit Beasts, build some stables, shop for Bags
The Hunting Lodge —
... THL Spooky Word Winner! James Cooper! Won his choice of any 1 item valued at $20 or less from the Blizzard Store (Note: I think I say James Church on the podcast, this was incorrect. James Cooper was the correct winner. I”ll be emailing James to get his prize information. Sorry about that.) ...
World of Warcraft did NOT kill the MMO market
West Karana —
... Simply put, World of Warcraft is not part of the MMORPG genre. To WoW, any other subscription game’s subscriber base is a rounding error, even though with the loss of their Chinese player base, you don’t hear that magic 11 million number much any more (and never will again, if the Blizzard Pet Store is any indication as to Blizzard’s financial state). ...
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. ...
New World Of Warcraft Pets And Comics
Wandering Goblin —
... First, for all you pet collectors out there, you can adopt buy two, really cool companion pets through the Blizzard Pet Store. Lil’ K.T. and Pandaren Monk come to you for a mere $10 US each. The Pandaren Monk does some Bruce Lee noises and performs some kung fu acrobatics. I’m not sure what Lil’ K.T. does except make some creepy grunting noises as though he was having issues going to the bathroom or something. Either way they are cool and they go towards your “Shop Smart, Shop Pet Smart” ...
WoW: Virtual pet Pandaren Monk now "sold out"
Oklahoma City MMORPG Examiner —
... is now sold out in Blizzard's US Store . It's bad enough these little guys cost so much ($5 at the most). It's also pretty terrible that a virtual item can be "sold out." It's the nail in the moral coffin that this particular pet was helping charity. Half of the $10 spent on each Pandaren Monk goes to the ...
WoW TCG is Going Away
Rawrbitchrawr —
... Not surprisingly, one of the more interesting items of note from our sources is the loot cards have carried the sales of the TCG thus far. The rocky relationship with Upper Deck, the popularity of the loot cards, and the newly introduced pets available from the Blizzard store are an interesting coincidence to say the least. ...
World of Warcraft: Blizzard Burgles Again!
ITG! I'm Talkin' Games —
... that gives me the ability to create lots of different action bars, to size them, make them large or small and move them anywhere on the screen. How hard would it be to add something as mundane as that to the game? Why don’t they? Because they are busy adding new $10.00 micro transaction in game pets to their online store. ...
Player gets all achievements, Shadowed Unit Frames
MMO-Champion - World of Warcraft Guides and Raid Strategies - News —
... We are beginning a special three-day sale of World of Warcraft on November 27 29, where the price of the original game will be only $5.00! Digital copies of the game, including an authentication key, will be available for purchase through our online store at this low rate as well. For more details on this special sale, please visit: http://us.blizzard.com/store/ ...
Gamespot Warcraft Anniversary Interview, WoW for $5, Chronicles of Leeroy 8
Worldofraids News —
... We are beginning a special three-day sale of World of Warcraft on November 27 – 29, where the price of the original game will be only $5.00! Digital copies of the game, including an authentication key, will be available for purchase through our online store at this low rate as well. For more details on this special sale, please visit: http://us.blizzard.com/store/ ...
Gifts for Gamers
Mystic Chicanery —
It’s that time of year: Christmas/Hanuka/Quanza/Non-Denominational Giving!! So here’s a very short list of ideas for your WoW gamer.
$10+ A donation in their name to Azeroth United HHV Charity Drive. Support a great cause AND give them a chance to win fantastic prizes.
At $10 each, Lil’KT and Pandaran Monks make PERFECT stocking stuffers! Add to that, $5 of the purchase price of the Pandaran Monk will be donated to the ...
