Blizzard Entertainment’s European division broke some news earlier today, and the vanity pet collectors out there should pay attention. To reward players for merging their World of Warcraft accounts with their Battle.net accounts Blizzard will be handing out a pet. No strings attached. No grinding, hunting for eggs, or collecting tickets.
The new pet isn’t exactly new new, but he’s never been made available on the live servers before. The penguin formerly known as Mr. Chilly will now be known as Oswald. He’ll be making his first appearance since being a reward for Wrath beta players. What was he rewarding then? Why he rewarded Wrath players that merged their WoW accounts in to their Battle.net accounts.
Oswald looks very much like Pengu, the penguin available as a reputation reward from the Kalu’ak faction. Both flightless birds will be receiving model updates to diversify their appearances a bit. Pengu will only receive a light touch-up, swapping red eyes for blue ones. Oswald’s changes can be best described as a make-over.
If you’ve already merged your accounts, fear not, you’ll be mailed your free pet along with everyone else. The pet will be delivered to all characters sometime after Blizzard’s forced merger takes place on November 11.