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World of Warcraft News - WoW Goes Free To Play Soon (...Sort Of!)

Posted by Suzie Ford on Jun 30, 2011  | 14 comments in our forums

In his latest entry into the MMORPG.com Staff Blog, Managing Editor Bill Murphy takes a look at the recent announcement that World of Warcraft is now free to play (sort of!) from levels 1-20. See what Bill thinks about this surprising move by Blizzard and then let us know what you think!

In the end, I'd be very surprised if this was any sort of deathknell for Azeroth.  It's going to be a very long time until WoW turns into a game that few people talk about.  Despite its age, and the lukewarm reception to Cataclysm, they're still the biggest kid in the class.  Now there are some majorly hefty competitors in the wings, no doubt about that.  But then again, how many times have we said that so far?

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