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Fourteen days free World Of  Warcraft with new South Park box set photo

In an unexpected bit of cross-marketing, the South Park season ten box set will ship with a free 14-day trial of MMO goliath World Of Warcraft.

All said, it's a very clever move on the part of Blizzard. Said run of the cartoon includes the now legendary, Emmy-nominated WoW-themed episode Make Love, Not Warcraft, which is heavily made up of WoW machinima, making it an extended game trailer as much as it is a fine piece of TV comedy. The same season also features last November's Go God Go, in which Cartman attempts to bypass the wait for the Wii launch by cryogenically freezing himself, making this particular set of DVDs a very gamer-friendly one indeed. 

Add all of that to the fact that the show's non-gaming fans have probably had their interest piqued and may well be dangerously disbelieving of the heroin-like properties of the "innocent" free account they're setting up, and Blizzard have potentially got a whole army of new acolytes on the way when the set is released later this month.

Cynical? Quite possibly so. Effective? Almost certainly. 

[Via Eurogamer








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Reeper's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2007 21:55
Reeper
All I can say is WoW.
Cowzilla3's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2007 21:58
Cowzilla3
This is the greatest cross advertising ever, nothing makes me want to play MMORPGs more than thinking about even more morbidly obese Cartman.
kawitchate's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2007 21:58
kawitchate
mom! more hot pockets!
Riser Glen's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2007 21:59
Riser Glen
You bastard.
Reeper's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2007 22:01
Reeper
"Gentlemen, we're dealing with someone here who has absolutely no life."
Ignignokt01's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2007 22:05
Ignignokt01
lol marketing
kwaselow's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2007 22:15
kwaselow
Kill the table eaters in the name of almighty science!
BFeld13's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2007 22:36
BFeld13
Makes sense considering WoW players and South Park viewers are the exact same demographic.

Oh. Wait.
Alighero's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2007 23:16
Alighero
Cool, now I can get my WoW hating but South Park obsessed friend to finally play some WoW with me. Awesome.


Lifeless Losers: 1
Outdoors: 0
bluemeep's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2007 23:30
bluemeep
Those clever dickens!
xX SolidPliskin Xx's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2007 23:30
xX SolidPliskin Xx
thats pretty funny and even surprising
mikeasux's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2007 23:48
mikeasux
im buying it, but i have to say, i hate wow. because paying for "game time" to me.. is gay. except on something like LIVE, because its not as bad per year. idk WOW is a money racket if u ask me. South Park > WoW
bottled dark's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/08/2007 00:12
bottled dark
its marketing genius.
blizzard is like a crack dealer.
"the first one's free"
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/08/2007 00:48
Bob Muir
"How do you kill that which has no life?"
ian_esq's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/08/2007 00:51
ian_esq
You know what would be even better?!

14-trial AWAY from World of Warcraft.

People would go outside again.....bad idea? i don't know...
Reeper's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/08/2007 01:15
Reeper
@ Ian:

Shhh, don't let Blizzard hear you, they are capable of terrible things...
FiXXXer667's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/08/2007 04:18
FiXXXer667
Impressive, as usual.

When the new expansion comes out, they'll probably add a tiny satchel with heroin with every game card.

"Collectible Northrend snow"
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/08/2007 10:05
Aaron Mxy Yost
Isn't a 2 week trial of WoW the new "1 month free of AOL"? You can get this anywhere. Slick cross promotion though I have to say.
Myrmidon16's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/08/2007 12:54
Myrmidon16
dammit necros, u beat me to it! i heart south park
remillase33's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/14/2011 17:42
remillase33
permit any new encroachment to-night: rather than accept his banter, I fulvicin online
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