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MMO-Champion - World of Warcraft Guides and Raid Strategies - News: Introducing the Pet Store
Joystiq: Blizzard opens real-money pet store in WoW
MMORPG Games & MMO News - MMOCrunch: Blizzard Enters the MicroTransaction World.
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Ok blizz, I thought it was nice that you donated some profits to charity but how do you "sell out" of a virtual pet? http://bit.ly/7B1IK 10 days ago |
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@zen_jewitch blizzard store http://bit.ly/1VlxSi 11 days ago |
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Picked up this cool little dude: http://bit.ly/1VlxSi Half of the cost went to Make-a-Wish. #wow 14 days ago |
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 ...
Blizzard opens real-money pet store in WoW
Joystiq —
Blizzard just opened a huge can of worms -- or of pandas, in this case. The company announced the opening of an in-game pet store in World of Warcraft, wherein players can purchase their own ...
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. ...
The Age of RMT: Blizzard Jumps the Shark
Latest Blog Posts - All —
... Enter the Pandaren Monk, ( http://us.blizzard.com/store/details.xml?id=1100000763 ) 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 ...
WoW Microtransactions Begin
Blue's News —
WoW Microtransactions Begin [Nov 04, 2009, 4:20 pm ET] - Post a Comment A post on the World of Warcraft Forums introduces the World of Warcraft"Pet Store," as they now offer the opportunity to purchase Pandaren Monk or the Lil’ K.T for $10.00 USD each. The pets can also be gifted to another player, and word is half the proceeds of sales of the Pandaren Monk are being donated to the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Thanks Wowhead via ZAM . Share Story Enter the email address of the person you'd like the share this story with, or share it ...
Pay For Pets: WoW Cash Event Horizon
Rock, Paper, Shotgun —
... and a panda with a hat – two in-game pets – for $10 a pop. Buying the panda one actually gives money to charity, too. He’s not evil, you see. My journalistic analysis of this occurrence amounts to me inviting you to imagine Scrooge McDuck’s diving-into-gold sequence, only with squealing Blizzard executives. ...
The pet shop, the end of Warcraft.
Latest Blog Posts - All —
... Enter the Pandaren Monk, ( http://us.blizzard.com/store/details.xml?id=1100000763 ) 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 ...
Blizzard opens the Petshop for World of Warcraft
Gamer Limit —
... Enter the Pandaren Monk, 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. ...
Comic: November 5th, 2009
GU Comics —
... and Pandaren Monk . They are mini pets. They are $10 each, and they are calling my name. Woooooody! Come and buy us so that you can leave us neatly tucked away in your character's companion inventory, pulling us out only when you're trying to demonstrate how cool your collection isssss.... **coughs** Excuse me. ...
World of Warcraft Gets Microtransaction Pets, Players Freak Out
The Escapist : Latest News —
... (who will zap nearby Critters and laugh maniacally when you kill a player in PvP) and the Pandaren Monk . Both pets were priced at $10, though half the proceeds of every Pandaren Monk sold through the end of the year would be donated to the ...
Blizzard tests the microtransaction waters with World of Warcraft
That VideoGame Blog —
... Yesterday Blizzard unleashed its latest diabolical plot to take your money by opening the WoW pet store where for $10 you can purchase a pet that does nothing but be adorable. Traditionally these types of pets came from drops, purchased with in-game currency or came as a result of an achievement, and that will still exist. But now Blizzard will be offering exclusive pets that can only be purchased through the Blizzard store. Right now only two pets are offered, the Pandaren Monk whose partial proceeds will go to Make-A-Wish Foundation ...
Uh-Oh: World of Warcraft Introduces Microtransactions
GameLife —
... For every purchase of the Pandaren Monk made before December 31, Blizzard will donate $5 to the Make-a-Wish Foundation, an organization Blizzard ...
WOW's First Microtransactions Perilously Cute
GayGamer.net —
... In a true-to-cannon but also kind-of-dick move, half the purchase of the Pandaren Monk will be donated to the Make-a-Wish foundation, but all of the proceeds from ...
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 ...
Virtual WoW pet sells out
Joystiq —
We thought the institution of a for-pay pet store in World of Warcraft would incite enough outrage. However, Blizzard has gone one step further, declaring the Pandaren Monk pet "sold out" just one week after the launch of the store. Even though, as a virtual item, any scarcity or supply limitation would be fully artificial. And even though Blizzard pledged to donate half of the proceeds from sale of that item to Make-A-Wish until the end of the year. The Lil' K.T. pet is currently still available.
It's the Make-A-Wish ...
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