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"Blizzard, the developer of popular games Starcraft, Warcraft, and Diablo, has inked a partnership with Malaysian e-payments service provider MOL AccessPortal to expand payment options for players in Southeast Asia.\r\n\r\nGamers in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines can now\u00A0purchase online games, products and services from Blizzard's Battle.net using MOLPoints - MOL's virtual, online currency. The e-payments firm has already made the Blizzard purchase option\u00A0available on its website.\r\n\r\nInstead of buying several game cards to play a variety of games, the MOLPoints system allows gamers to purchase points and pay via more than 680,000 physical, online and mobile channels in 80 countries worldwide.\r\n\r\nBlizzard CEO Paul Sams said that MOL has an extensive network of payment channels and knowledge of local markets, which would make it easier for the company to operate across the region.\r\n\r\nEarlier this year, MOL Global - which owns MOL AccessPortal - bought majority stakes in\u00A0Turkish companies\u00A0PaytoGo\u00A0and\u00A0Game Sultan, and also\u00A0acquired payment distributor\u00A0AyoPay\u00A0in Indonesia in an undisclosed deal.\r\n\r\nBlizzard has recently been taking steps to steer the professional gaming scene in a new direction. In April, it\u00A0picked up much of the remains of the short, but well-lived IGNProLeague, soon after it took the reins of\u00A0the professional Starcraft 2 scene, one of the main esports titles.\r\n\r\nHeadline image via Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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