New currencies to be supported by Blizzard in the EU

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Good news for some countries. My apologies it’s from Wowhead, but I can find no announcement from Blizzard as it’s been sent out by email. I’ve copy/pasted rather than linked as I know not all countries can access Wowhead:

Blizzard to Support More Currencies on Battle.net Starting May 4th, 2022

posted 9 hr 32 min ago by Uchur

Blizzard has sent an email informing players the company plan to support more Eastern European currencies on it’s Battle.net Shop in the near future.

According to the email, the company plan to add the following currencies - Georgian Lari, Turkish Lira, Kazakhstani Tenge, and Ukrainian Hryvnia - to the list of currencies supported by Battle.net Shop.

These currencies belong to countries that currently use the Russian Ruble as their Battle.Net currency (except Turkey using Euro). The changes are expected to go to live on or after May 4, 2022.

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Good news for all those stuck paying in the wrong currencies.

I guess they did this as an email notification to the relevant parties, that’s why we can’t find an actual Blizz announcement.

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It’s great for the Turkish players to finally be able to enjoy a bit of pricing stability.

I can’t complain as much as users of the currencies above, but I’m still overpaying because Blizzard won’t take Swiss Francs.

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I live in the UK so obviously, none of this is relevant to me but good for those other countries I guess. :man_shrugging:

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The best thing is that Ukrainians don’t have to pay in roubles any more. It seemed so bad.

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Aye, was all kinds of troubles.

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that won’t help much little greedyblizz to get even part of money they used to, who cares anyway

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Finally people in Mariupol will be able to play.

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Still waiting currency to be changed

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What’s going on here? Why didn’t they add currencies yet?

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I haven’t seen the email, but I gather it said ‘on or after 4th May’ or something like that.

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(except Turkey using Euro) are you joking ? Turkish Lira as name refers… Howcome Turkey using euro

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You misunderstand @Akhasa. They meant Turks are paying as Euro their monthly payment in the shop. Calm down please.

“Excluded Turkey, the other countries are paying their game times as Ruble.”

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You misread it. The article quoted in the first post says: ’ According to the email, the company plan to add the following currencies - Georgian Lari, Turkish Lira,

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When is bulgarian leva getting included too🥺

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Very few things from Blizzard gets me excited. But this does.

Got a few friends here and there that are very happy about this currency change

Will make a big difference to their economy.

From me to Blizzard for the second time ever: Thank you!

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That’s up to Blizzard. I think the main reason for this current change is because they can’t accept rubles so they had to do something for the non-Russian countries who paid in rubles.

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update from Georgia: shop currency is in EURO not LARI. omg am i going to pay more

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Update: its in Georgian lari now :smiley:

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I’m curious tho since some of those currencies are in countries wich exactly do not have a good economy atm. Will the price be the same when converted to euros or will the price be adapted to their region? Because i recall plenty of topics in the past from turks wich wanted their currency but also wanted it to be cheaper for them due to their economy.