Blizzard introduces the Pet Store

if you haven’t noticed, Blizzard has been in the mood for releasing quite a bit of non-combat pets into World of Warcraft (or at least releasing news about it like the Perky Pug coming out in patch 3.3). We’ve seen the release of the Onyxia Whelp pet when patch 3.2.2 came out and then Mr. Chilly from the Battle.net conversion. If you logged in today and saw two new pets you haven’t seen before and wondering where they came from, that’s from the new Pet Store Blizzard just introduced!

The Blizzard Pet Store is a new way for players to get new non combat pets using means that’s not within the game. Some players might not care for collecting non-combat pets in the game but for those who are, this is a great way to beef up your collection if you’re willing to pay the price. Currently the Pet Store has two unique and cool pets, the Pandaren Monk and Lil K.T. The Pandaren Monk is a martial arts expert (he even makes those Bruce Lee like sounds hehe) of the Pandaren race, the for fun Panda-like race that Blizzard announced for an April Fools joke a few years back. Lil K.T. is a mini version of the lich Kel’thuzad who lords over Naxxramas. He even kills critters and has a diabolical laugh. One thing about the Pandaren Monk is that from now until December 31, 2009 every Pandaren Monk purchase will have 50% of the proceeds from the purchase will be donated to charity. Both the Pandaren Monk and Lil K.T. costs $10

Blizzard intends to add more pets to the store in the future so it’s definitively something every pet collector should look out for. Also, according to the Pet Store FAQ they have no plans to remove the pets from their “shelves” so the Pandern monk and Lil K.T. are here to stay! You can see the Pet Store FAQ here.

Happy pet collecting!