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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[World of Warcraft's paid customization may allow race, gender changes]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/13/world-of-warcrafts-paid-customization-may-allow-race-gender-ch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/13/world-of-warcrafts-paid-customization-may-allow-race-gender-ch/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/13/world-of-warcrafts-paid-customization-may-allow-race-gender-ch/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/world-of-warcraft/" rel="tag">World of Warcraft</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/game-mechanics/" rel="tag">Game mechanics</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=296343"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/wowcharsheader.jpg" /></a><br /></div>
Eurogamer caught a few moments with Blizzard COO Paul Sams and Associate Producer Lee Sparks at the London, UK <em><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/wrath-of-the-lich-king">Wrath of the Lich King</a></em> Launch event last night. There they managed to catch a few moments of conversation with the busy, busy men and asked a few follow-ups on the <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/10/13/wow-paid-character-customization-button-discovered-brack-confir/">recently announced paid character customization options</a> the comany has in the works. Essentially, the company views it as another value-added feature along the lines of the paid server transfer or name transfer. The paid character customization options will <a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=296343">allow players to go back and tweak choices made at character creation</a>. <br />
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<div class=""><br />The capacity is already in the game to change hair style and color, but Blizzard seems to be implying 'deeper' changes - facial features, skin color, perhaps even gender or race. Despite that, the two company men resisted nailing anything down specifically. The feature, Eurogamer offers, is <em>"more about making changes to decisions made in the past than adding additional options,"</em> and isn't intended to be a new microtransactional revenue stream. <em>"The reason for the monetary expense is more of a barrier so that people don't do it every day,"</em> Sparks said. Read on into the article for full details.<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/wrath-of-the-lich-king-1/">World of Warcraft: WOTLK</a></strong></p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/wrath-of-the-lich-king-1/#1149752"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/11/ehhscreen40214221011_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/wrath-of-the-lich-king-1/#1149708"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/11/azwowscrnshot_080508_1643491011_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/wrath-of-the-lich-king-1/#1149771"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/11/wowscrnshot_072108_1816361011_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/wrath-of-the-lich-king-1/#1149730"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/11/azwowscrnshot_091808_1044581011_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/wrath-of-the-lich-king-1/#1149753"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/11/ehhscreen-northrendloading1011_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br /></div>
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</table><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/13/world-of-warcrafts-paid-customization-may-allow-race-gender-ch/">World of Warcraft's paid customization may allow race, gender changes</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=296343>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/13/world-of-warcrafts-paid-customization-may-allow-race-gender-ch/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1371019/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/13/world-of-warcrafts-paid-customization-may-allow-race-gender-ch/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>blizzard</category><category>breaking</category><category>lee-sparks</category><category>microtransactions</category><category>paid-character-customization</category><category>paul-sams</category><category>world-of-warcraft</category><category>wow</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Zenke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
