Blizzard to Sell Add-Ons in In-Game Store

With all of the upcoming UI changes in patch 3.1 and the new add-on development policy, this bit of news may not surprise you. Our friends over at WoW Interface have gotten an exclusive sneak peak at Blizzard's new in-game add-on store, which will be launching with the new patch. Here's the information from Cairenn's post:

"Authors will get 60% of the revenue generated by the sale of their addons, with Blizzard taking a 40% cut. ... Any AddOns that they choose to give away for free, the author will get a one-time lump sum payment of $10 - $25, depending on the complexity of the AddOn. Any AddOn that isn't properly maintained and kept up to date with the Blizzard patches will be removed from the store and all payments to the author will cease."

Sadly, this means add-on sites such as WoW Interface will become obsolete. We recently talked with lawyer Connie Mableson, and she actually said she expected Blizzard to offer add-ons for sale to players. You can read the interview here.

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ARGH
# Apr 02 2009 at 8:49 AM Rating: Decent
In the Real World I watch for these like a hawk, but in Azeroth I fell for it hook, line and stinker. Good one, you b.....ds, lol.
Not funny to a lawyer I'll bet.
# Apr 02 2009 at 6:32 AM Rating: Default
I bet Connie M. isn't laughing.

If I was a lawyer...I'd be filing against ZAM....PDQ.
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really??
# Apr 02 2009 at 6:29 AM Rating: Decent
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i honestly was angry at the idea of it, but since its just a joke i geuss i can relax a little.....but what about the whole "blizzard going to court" bit? was that a joke too??? and also how did they get the screenshots to make it?! lol i am really confused
/facepalm
# Apr 01 2009 at 11:01 PM Rating: Good
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/facepalm
Uh...
# Apr 01 2009 at 9:52 AM Rating: Decent
I'm really hoping this is an April Fools joke...
XD
# Apr 01 2009 at 9:23 AM Rating: Good
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On this day I'll take all news with a pinch of salt ;)
It was as if...
# Apr 01 2009 at 9:05 AM Rating: Good
...a million voices cried out at once; and then were silenced.
lol
# Apr 01 2009 at 8:49 AM Rating: Decent
LOL funny but

APRIL FOOLS
Huh?
# Apr 01 2009 at 8:34 AM Rating: Decent
So does that mean that if the add-on isn't in the Blizzard store then we can't use it? Also what of the add-ons that are no longer maintained but still work without fault - are we going to lose those too?

I'm not happy at all about this if this is the case.
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