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Lord of the Rings Online goes free-to-play

article published on 4 June, 2010

Warner Bros. has announced that its hit MMO Lord of the Rings Online will move to free-to-play starting in September. The publisher tried a similar strategy last year with Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited, and says revenue exploded 500 percent after they made the game free-to-play. "Dungeons and Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited was the world?s first truly premium free-to-play ... [ read the full article ]

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Josipher
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_ 		5. June 2010 @ 06:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
wonder of its any good
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doomdiver
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_ 		5. June 2010 @ 08:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I was in the beta all that long time ago. I loved it back then but never could afford the subscription. Good news for me!
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blueboy09
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_ 		6. June 2010 @ 21:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Josipher:
 wonder of its any good
Actually, I was wondering whether or not they use the always-on draconian DRM that companies have been so wanting to have. Something to do w/protecting revenue or something like that.
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KillerBug
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_ 		6. June 2010 @ 23:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Always-on DRM is acceptable when your game is online-only; the problem comes when you can't play Assassin's Creed 2 without internet...and it does not even have a multiplayer mode!
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Jemborg
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_ 		14. June 2010 @ 13:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Is there DRM on a free to play game (suppose there might be on the expansions etc. but they might not feel that it's worth it under the circumstances)?
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