So it be discovered by dogged data miners, so shall it be. After dabbling in microtransaction-based cosmetic bottles a rum but largely buttering it be bread with sweet, sweet subscription money, World a Warcraft be finally rolling out an in-game cash shop. Do ye have excess moneydollars lining yer pockets/sofa/cat? be these “tough economic times” secretly treating ye better than everyone else? Do ye (for now) play exclusively on WoW’s Asian test servers? Then ye’re in luck. Well, if ye like XP boosts, pets, 'n mounts, anyway.

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