Not long ago, a listener wrote in to the Massively Speaking podcast and asked why no MMOs besides Guild Wars 2 and its elder sibling had adopted the clearly superior buy-to-play model. Little did that listener know that Funcom was already plotting an end-of-the-world scenario complete with a conversion of The Secret World into a -- you guessed it -- subscription-free, buy-to-play MMO. Massively's long been a fan of the year's sleeper hit, but after the conversion (and Amazon's insane $15 sale), you have no excuse not to check it out for yourself.
The rest of this week's top MMO stories are off beyond yon break.
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Did SWTOR make things worse by going F2P? |
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Choose My Adventure's Star Wars: The Old Republic edition |
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Opinion: Maybe SWTOR's treadmill ain't so bad |
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SWTOR's Ancient Hypergate update is live |
And from our sister site, WoW Insider...
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Why WoW's Burning Crusade expansion didn't suck |
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25-man raids have harder challenges and better rewards on Asian realms |
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WoW Insider is looking for writers |
