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Posted June 23, 2011
Figured I'd post this, but it looks like several sites are reporting TF2 is going Free 2 Play:

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/06/24/breaking-team-fortress-2-is-now-free-to-play-forever/

This makes the second game this week to announce Free2Play (previously announced was City of Heroes.)
Posted June 23, 2011
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jlg6184: Figured I'd post this, but it looks like several sites are reporting TF2 is going Free 2 Play:

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/06/24/breaking-team-fortress-2-is-now-free-to-play-forever/

This makes the second game this week to announce Free2Play (previously announced was City of Heroes.)
CoH went f2p? I may dig it out, picked it up for 99p a few years back, never read the back till i got home and threw it in a cupboard
Posted June 23, 2011
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jlg6184: Figured I'd post this, but it looks like several sites are reporting TF2 is going Free 2 Play:

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/06/24/breaking-team-fortress-2-is-now-free-to-play-forever/

This makes the second game this week to announce Free2Play (previously announced was City of Heroes.)
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reaver894: CoH went f2p? I may dig it out, picked it up for 99p a few years back, never read the back till i got home and threw it in a cupboard
COH announced they are going F2P. It is to be rolled out later this year. Sorry if my wording lead you to think it is already F2P.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=32941
Post edited June 23, 2011 by jlg6184
Posted June 23, 2011
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reaver894: CoH went f2p? I may dig it out, picked it up for 99p a few years back, never read the back till i got home and threw it in a cupboard
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jlg6184: COH announced they are going F2P. It is to be rolled out later this year. Sorry if my wording lead you to think it is already F2P.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=32941
Thanks for the clarification and link, reading that page though i wont bother huntin, f2p is getting a heavily cut dowm version.
Posted June 23, 2011
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jlg6184: Figured I'd post this, but it looks like several sites are reporting TF2 is going Free 2 Play:

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/06/24/breaking-team-fortress-2-is-now-free-to-play-forever/

This makes the second game this week to announce Free2Play (previously announced was City of Heroes.)
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reaver894: CoH went f2p? I may dig it out, picked it up for 99p a few years back, never read the back till i got home and threw it in a cupboard
Well if you're in need of a superhero MMO that's free Champions Online is F2P.
Posted June 23, 2011
Great, the game will become even more crappy.
Posted June 23, 2011
Do us people who purchased the game beforehand get anything from this switch?
Posted June 23, 2011
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swizzle66: Do us people who purchased the game beforehand get anything from this switch?
I haven't heard, one way or the other.
Posted June 23, 2011
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swizzle66: Do us people who purchased the game beforehand get anything from this switch?
Automatically premium accounts, which have benefits over free accounts.
Posted June 23, 2011
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swizzle66: Do us people who purchased the game beforehand get anything from this switch?
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Taleroth: Automatically premium accounts, which have benefits over free accounts.
Any info on the "Premium Accounts"?
Posted June 23, 2011
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KavazovAngel: Great, the game will become even more crappy.
Because all F2P games are crappy, AMIRIGHT (ignoring the fact that League of Legends and Spiral Knights are deep, engrossing experiences that rival proper $50-60 games)?

Seriously, though, this is good news. More players, more fun!
Posted June 23, 2011
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Taleroth: Automatically premium accounts, which have benefits over free accounts.
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jlg6184: Any info on the "Premium Accounts"?
Yes. Basically, they're exactly what you already have. It's the free accounts that are different. Can't give items, only 50 item slots, only have access to most items.

Oh, and people who bought the game get a free hat.
Posted June 23, 2011
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Taleroth: Oh, and people who bought the game get a free hat.
Yay! Free hat!
Posted June 23, 2011
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KavazovAngel: Great, the game will become even more crappy.
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TheCheese33: Because all F2P games are crappy, AMIRIGHT (ignoring the fact that League of Legends and Spiral Knights are deep, engrossing experiences that rival proper $50-60 games)?

Seriously, though, this is good news. More players, more fun!
I imagine it is more like the community will continue to degenerate a bit. With being free, I personally have no doubt hackers and exploiters will increase. I know when I played a good while back, free weekends always meant running into a handful of those wanting to abuse the system. Now that the game is permanently free, there is no loss in trying to ruin and grief the game for others. Banned? Just make another account in two minutes and off you go.

Not fussed here though since I do not play anymore, but I can only imagine the implications this will have community wise. A smart move by Valve though in the business sense.
Posted June 24, 2011
wth what happens to those who paid for this hat fest :X
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KavazovAngel: Great, the game will become even more crappy.
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TheCheese33: Because all F2P games are crappy, AMIRIGHT (ignoring the fact that League of Legends and Spiral Knights are deep, engrossing experiences that rival proper $50-60 games)?

Seriously, though, this is good news. More players, more fun!
man spiral knights is awesome fun, specially if you can learn to craft stuff
Post edited June 24, 2011 by liquidsnakehpks
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