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The most popular MMORPG of all time, World of Warcraft, will be free to play — at least until your in-game character reaches level 20 — Blizzard Entertainment has announced.

Blizzard, a video game developer and publisher, has considered the option for years, and it dabbled with a number of free trial programs, all of which were time-limited.

Now, under the new program called World of Warcraft Starter Edition, new players can play at their own pace without having to worry that the free trial will expire. When they reach level 20, they can continue playing but will stop earning experience, making it impossible to level up. To play past level 20, new players will need to upgrade to the full version of the game, which can be done online You must login or register to view this content..

Although there’s no time limit for trial players, there’s a great deal of other restrictions besides the 20-level limit: Trial players can have a maximum of 100 gold; their trade skills are capped at 100 ranks; they are unable to trade in the Auction House or join guilds; their chat options are limited; and they cannot invite other players into a party and so on.

In short, the game itself may be free, but it’s a far cry from the full World of Warcraft experience.

Here’s an You must login or register to view this content. describing all the intricacies of the new free trial system. To sign up, go You must login or register to view this content..

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Do you think WoW is on its way to becoming a FTP game?

Lol @ WoW gametime payment is shit
guild war another awesome game from the makers of aion (movie intro ) is a 1 time payment just buy the CD key and you account will always be there FOREVER

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just something to add RS has won over wow in popularity and entertainment in 2009 or 2010 which is really something that a browser game have done from my point of view i think that the only reason RS won is because of the quests they are really mind blowing and not like wow which is go kill 10 of the monster species and come back

Wait for Guild Wars 2.

i'm waiting but hell its either 2012 or 2013 if it was 2013 i'd kill some shitty people who hate the game

MMO games bore me, but I guess if it's free to play until level 20, I don't see any harm in giving the game a try

Yeah hopefully it's well worth the wait.