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Blizzard closed nearly 4,000 WoW Forever beta accounts for gold buying and selling

Over 2,100 buyers and almost 1,600 sellers or botters were banned before launch, and a new trade-restriction penalty arrived.

By GamesNews Editorial TeamPublished 3 min read

Key takeaways

  • Blizzard closed over 2,100 gold-buying accounts and almost 1,600 selling or botting accounts in the beta.
  • A new penalty cuts suspected gold buyers off from trading.
  • A streamer was banned after encouraging viewers to buy gold for him.

Speaking on the official WoW: Forever podcast, designer Josh "Aggrend" Greenfield said Blizzard had closed over 2,100 gold-buying accounts and almost 1,600 gold-selling or botting accounts during the beta.

Blizzard also rolled out a new kind of penalty that restricts suspected buyers from trading, and banned streamer Payo after he encouraged viewers to buy gold for him. The message is clear: Blizzard is targeting buyers, not just sellers. Our WoW gold hub explains what this means for prices.

Sources

  1. Icy Veins: Nearly 4,000 accounts banned for RMT in the WoW Forever beta
  2. PC Gamer: WoW: Forever has a new kind of ban for real-money trading

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