Friday, May 4, 2007

So you say I can get an EPIC mount with my VISA reward points....

Not that this is "News" per say but I felt it worth mention that Blizzard Entertainment has now gone completely capitalistic and made a deal with the(Edited for Content), oops I meant First Bankcard, a division of First National Bank of Omaha to produce World of Warcraft credit cards in an attempt to squeeze out a few more dollars from it's 8 million active subscribers.

And with a game play transfer rate of 1% for every dollar, why that's almost as good as getting back a whole buck for every hundred I spend so really as long as you spend $140.00 a month you'll be able to play for free. Geez, if that doesn't sound like a super deal I don''t know what would.

But wait there's more, tell 'em what they've won Johnny. For being a complete noob, oops slip of the tongue. I meant very fiscally sound minded individual, yeah that's it, sound minded. Anyways, as an added bonus you'll get a full month of gameplay free. You also get a free month of game play with each copy of WoW you purchase so you might as well save yourself $90.00 a month and just by a new copy on the first of the month. Plus, if your late picking up your new copy you don't need to worry about your local Gamestop, BestBuy or EB charging you a late fee and jacking the rate up to 30%.

My only questions is in regards to the "Travel Assistance Services will cover you with a comprehensive array of emergency services that will allow you to rapidly receive help while traveling ", does that cover trips to the Outland?

Sorry folks, at the time of this article there were no plans to offer special flying carpets modeled after WoW credit cards as EPIC in game mounts, but stay tuned as I'm sure you might see more corporate branding on your server real soon.

Where do I sign up you ask? Visit http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/visa/ for more information.