World of Warcraft is now free until level 20, core games drop in priceBy Ben Kuchera | Published about 2 hours agoRemember when D.A.R.E. officers would warn you against the evil drug dealers who would give you the first hit for free in order to get you addicted? Well, think of Blizzard as a dealer who is extending that offer to the first 20 hits. Starting now, World of Warcraft has become free to play until you hit level 20."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," Blizzard explained in a statement. If you ran through a previous 14-day trial, you can go back to your character and continue to play from the point you left the game if you'd like, but the level cap will be set at 20.After that? Blizzard has some inexpensive ways of getting you into the game. ...players will be able to get both the original World of Warcraft and the game’s first expansion set, The Burning Crusade, for only $19.99 as part of the new digital Battle Chest now available in the online Blizzard Store. In addition, anyone who owns the original World of Warcraft, regardless of when they purchased the game, will automatically be able to access all of the content and features from The Burning Crusade expansion at no additional cost.You're going to see this more frequently as companies find ways to sell you content through the games, using the title as a platform instead of a product. Valve recently moved Team Fortress 2 into the world of free-to-play, and even fighting games are becoming aggressive in post-launch monetization—although in that case there was no drop in the price for the game.
The list of restrictions:The following restrictions are placed on all Trial Accounts:- A level cap of 20.- A maximum of 10 gold.- Trade skills are capped at 100 ranks.- Inability to trade via the auction house, mailbox, or player-to-player.- In-Game public chat channels will be unavailable. (Players will still be able to communicate using say, party, or whispers).- Characters will be unable to create or join existing guilds.- Accounts will no longer be able to whisper other players unless they have been added to those players' friends lists or have received a whisper from them first.- Characters will not be able to invite, or join parties with other players above level 20.- Voice Chat is disabled on trial accounts.- Realms with login queues will give priority to customers with retail accounts.- Will not be eligible for any Character Transfer service.
A twink with them restrictions ?
Sure it's free to play, but you're also free to leave.http://pc.ign.com/articles/121/1212001p1.html2 Million people can't be wrong
Sniper, i got off this crack over 2 years ago. Best to years of my life. I can now sleep at night. Got back my family, my friends and now im on a rehab campaign to save people from the substance abuse that is WoW
Aye we have an activision employee in GATT. Cah be posting up such things in here =/
