Kotaku reports that World of Warcraft players can now make those late night trips to the Circle K for raid munchies work for them in more than just the traditional seat-padding sense. In conjunction with Blizzard, the First National Bank of Omaha is now offering the World of Warcraft Rewards Visa, which offers players the chance to earn game time for every dollar of debt they accrue!
Blizzard Entertainment has announced the opening of beta registrations for “World of Warcraft: The War Within,” inviting players to explore new subterranean worlds beneath Azeroth.
Danish from eXputer: "Despite Blizzard's attempt to give a fresh new spin to World of Warcraft, some fans still seem to be stuck in the past."
HG writes: "Blizzard is usually pretty bad at keeping secrets, but the company somehow managed to keep this one under wraps until now. Plunderstorm is a special limited-time event that’s basically World of Warcraft’s take on the Battle Royale genre."
Wow, (pardon the pun!) do those gamers who are proper WoW fanatics need another excuse to intice them to play for longer? I think for the most hardcore having a credit card based on the game may be one step too far for their minds to handle and for their skills in being able to differentiate from real and virtual worlds.
Hopefully the most desperate fans won't rack up huge credit card bills just so they can play more of the game. Still, from a business point of view Blizzard have got it sorted haven't they? Millions of users paying monthly fees (for the game) and millions of potential users paying monthy fees (for late credit payment charges, interest etc.)!
Clever.