{"id":49371,"date":"2013-01-14T16:43:22","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T14:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=49371"},"modified":"2013-01-14T16:45:49","modified_gmt":"2013-01-14T14:45:49","slug":"wow-players-raise-big-for-sandy-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/49371-wow-players-raise-big-for-sandy-victims","title":{"rendered":"WoW players raise millions for Hurricane Sandy victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard has managed to pull together $2.3 million in aid for those affected by Hurricane Sandy, which hit the Northeastern United States in October 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The funds have been generated through the sales of virtual pets on Blizzard\u2019s colossal MMO World of Warcraft.<\/p>\n<p>One hundred percent of the profits from the $10 Cinder Kitten went to the American Red Cross\u2019 Superstorm Sandy relief efforts. The money went towards food, shelter and support.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The community embraced this fiery feline in droves, helping out a great cause in the process. Thanks again to everyone who helped make a difference,&#8221; said Blizzard.<\/p>\n<h5>Source: <a title=\"Blizzard\" href=\"http:\/\/eu.blizzard.com\/en-gb\/news\/?d=2013-1#110215\" target=\"_blank\">Blizzard<\/a><\/h5>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More World of Warcraft news:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/46882-wow-player-accidentally-livestreams-x-rated-shenanigans.html\">WoW player accidentally livestreams x-rated shenanigans<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/47263-world-of-warcraft-gamer-wins-state-senate-election-in-america.html\">World of Warcraft gamer wins US state senate election<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/48869-wow-players-make-great-employees.html\">WoW players make great employees<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/45465-world-of-warcraft-hackers-kill-thousands-of-players-instantly.html\">World of WarCraft hackers kill thousands of players instantly<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital pets help WoW players contribute to Sandy survivors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":49372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31,665,8446,635,641],"class_list":["post-49371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-active","tag-blizzard","tag-hurricane-sandy","tag-world-of-warcraft","tag-wow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49373,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49371\/revisions\/49373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}