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World of Warcraft Goes Free To Play Until Level 20

Posted on Thursday, June 30 @ 13:23:51 Eastern by


Where casual gamers are likely to rejoice about being able to wander through World of Warcraft for free, I'm sure at least several hardcore gamers are thinking, "Oo, fresh noob meat!"

The original 14-day trial for WoW has been retooled in the face of the free-to-play model, with the Starter Edition that includes a portion of WoW's first expansion Burning Crusade but caps players at Level 20. From there, Blizzard hopes that these players will not only boost their userbase tremendously, but also be so addicted by level 20 that they spend months of subscription fees until they're housebroken like the game enough to unlock the full version. It's essentially one long demo, with a few exceptions as Blizzard points out in a statement:

We've removed the previous 10- and 14-day trial time restrictions, and players who are interested in trying out World of Warcraft can now play the base game for free up to a maximum character level of 20, including draenei and blood elf characters—all they need is a Battle.net account and an Internet connection.

Let's also add "a large hard drive" to the end of their sentence, too. Furthermore, the WoW Battle Chest includes the core game, The Burning Crusade, and two strategy guides for only $19.99, but I will not... I must... resist... for the sake of.... Game.... Re... vo... lu... ti........
Related Games:   World of Warcraft, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
Tags:   Blizzard, world of warcraft


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  • Italion193
    Italion193
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Jun 30th, 2011 at 1:53 pm
    ....so you can play for 15 hours?
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  • Josh_Laddin
    Josh_Laddin
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Jun 30th, 2011 at 2:09 pm
    Yeah level 20 is like nothing. I guess you can twink out for low level battlegrounds, though.
    0 0
  • metalimi
    metalimi
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Jun 30th, 2011 at 2:17 pm
    I thought everyone had a WoW character +20?
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  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander
    Joined: Sep 2006
    Posted: Jun 30th, 2011 at 4:16 pm
    I'm just going come right out and say it. WoW sucks.
    0 0
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Jun 30th, 2011 at 7:56 pm
    yeah i think wow is stupid too.
    0 0
  • MrrClean
    MrrClean
    Joined: Aug 2010
    Posted: Jul 1st, 2011 at 5:42 am
    Never played it, and I doubt I ever will.
    0 0
  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Jul 1st, 2011 at 9:04 am
    I'm just going to play every class I can to 20 then quit.
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