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  • Free-to-play World of Warcraft is a possibility says Blizzard

    8 July 2009
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    Free World of Warcraft possible? Maybe. But this WoW Burning Crusade wallpaper is free. BELIEVE!
    Free World of Warcarft? WoW for no money a day? Believe.

    In a recent interview, Tom Chilton of Blizzard stated that the “free-to-play” model is a definite possibility for the worlds biggest MMORPG. Currently the game is pay-to-play and has millions of subscribers.

    To quote from the interview:

    VideoGamer.com: Will WoW always be subscription based? Could it ever have a micro-transaction/free-to-play model?

    Tom Chilton: I certainly think it’s possible that we could do some kind of micro-transaction stuff. Whether or not World of Warcraft ever goes the direction of, I guess like Anarchy Online has gone the direction of going free-to-play with micro-transactions. Whether we ever shift to a free-to-play model is really too hard to say at this point. Anything I say now could easily five years from now end up seeming like, oh my gosh, that was an incredibly dumb thing to say, how naive!

    . . . Take it with a grain of salt and a bowl of cereal (salt in cereal, yes). Cause it certainly sounds like it isn’t happening any time soon.

    Via Videogamer

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    • http://hotmail ken

      can i play this game on the computer with no disk for free

    • http://hotmail.com ken

      how do you get money on the game

    • http://hotmail.com ken

      can i get a turtorial

    • http://hotmail.com ken

      and i start to play the game now

    • http://www.videogamesblogger.com Ferry

      Ken: At the moment you can only get a free trial over at worldofwarcraft.com.

      Fingers crossed the entire game will be a free download and free-to-play in the future.

    • http://www.worldwidepools.com Swimming Pool Contractor

      good way to keep the severs alive, cuz games are getting better and people are migrating to better games although WOW is legendary, free and still really good.

    • fiscal 101

      the only way id play is if it was free.


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