Last week we reported that the prize giveaway phase of the Mtn. Dew GameFuel/Blizzard promotion had kicked off, and that the in-game Battle-Bot vanity pets (pic courtesy of MMO-Champion) would become available to US WoW subscribers later in June, as announced in an earlier press release. However, it turns out the "Battle-Bot phase" has started sooner than expected.

Earlier today, a link appeared in the lower-right corner of the official contest page, offering subscribers the ability to claim the Battle-Bot pet (presumably with an in-game or Battle.net code). If you haven't made the transition of converting your WoW account into a Battle.net account yet (because of all the log-in problems and downtime reported in the past), you will most likely need to. Although the Battle.net login page is currently displaying that "all Blizzard Accounts have been converted into new Battle.net accounts," that statement doesn't seem to apply to sole WoW accounts.

After converting your US WoW account into a new Battle.net account, you should be able to claim a Battle-Bot pet without any problems. Check out more Battle-Bot details after the jump.