"Major MMO makers like Funcom and SOE are on board with a new company that promises to "legitimize" the real money trade of virtual goods, but World of Warcraft house Blizzard tells Next-Gen that it's still against the practice regardless. "We do not have any plans to support out-of-game trading for World of Warcraft anytime in the near future," a Blizzard rep tells Next-Gen when asked if it would ever consider backing the recently announced Live Gamer virtual item marketplace."
What a cool move on their part to do such a large appealing campaign with celebrities. This kind of thing could make people who'd otherwise be embarrassed to play get in. More in this series is here: Mr. T, William Shatner, Office Space, Van Damme French TV Spot & Willy Toledo Spanish TV Spot.
This stock is getting out of hand. It is almost trading in parallel with Burning Crusade. There is no way the second expansion sells almost as much as the first expansion. Games always lose some buying interest that far down.
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