World of Warcraft Introduces Online Pet Store
Posted by Astrella on November 6th, 2009
Yesterday, the most popular MMORPG in the world, World of Warcraft, opened a virtual pet store on their website. For $10 each you can virtually own a ‘Lil KT or Pandaren Monk. With the purchase of the Panderan Monk 50% of the proceeds go to the Make a Wish foundation until December 31, 2009.
These cute little guys first appeared a few months ago data-mined through MMO-Champion, along with a video of the Panderan Monk idle animation. Since the release of these pets it’s rumored that ‘Lil KT frostbolts cats that it sees! If you play World of Warcraft and have been to the Naxxramas raid, you know the deal with Kel’Thuzad and the cat Mr. Bigglesworth.
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