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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Spellborn launches in the US; subscriptions free for 2 weeks]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/04/23/spellborn-launches-in-the-us-subscriptions-free-for-2-weeks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/04/23/spellborn-launches-in-the-us-subscriptions-free-for-2-weeks/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/04/23/spellborn-launches-in-the-us-subscriptions-free-for-2-weeks/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/business-models/" rel="tag">Business models</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/launches/" rel="tag">Launches</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/new-titles/" rel="tag">New titles</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/chronicles-of-spellborn/" rel="tag">Chronicles of Spellborn</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://spellborn.acclaim.com/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/04/spellborn2weekfreesub_580px.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div>
<a href="http://spellborn.acclaim.com/">Acclaim has officially launched <em>The Chronicles of Spellborn</em> in North America</a>, and to mark the occasion, premium subscriptions are totally free for people registering before the 7th of May (and for existing accounts). <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/03/27/chronicles-of-spellborn-opens-up-beta-shows-off-new-armor/#comments">The issue of needing "Acclaim Coins"</a> to purchase subscriptions has been fixed in time for the launch, and when the free subscriptions run out, players will be able to keep them going using their credit cards directly.<br /><br /><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/03/27/chronicles-of-spellborn-opens-up-beta-shows-off-new-armor/#comments">As we had confirmed for us last month</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/chronicles-of-spellborn/"><em>Spellborn</em></a> will be using a monthly paid subscription business model, however, a small portion (three areas) of the game's content will be available for free in perpetuity. Upon reaching a certain level, all further character progression is blocked. This is really more of a free trial than an actual "free-to-play with premium for-pay bits", so to see what the full game is really like, the best option would be to try it out now while the flood gates are opened all the way. If you decide to give it a go, be sure to let us know what you think about it.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/04/23/spellborn-launches-in-the-us-subscriptions-free-for-2-weeks/">Spellborn launches in the US; subscriptions free for 2 weeks</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/04/23/spellborn-launches-in-the-us-subscriptions-free-for-2-weeks/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1526459/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/04/23/spellborn-launches-in-the-us-subscriptions-free-for-2-weeks/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>acclaim</category><category>acclaim-coins</category><category>chronicles-of-spellborn</category><category>free-subscriptions</category><category>launch</category><category>north-america</category><category>spellborn</category><category>subscriptions</category><category>us</category><category>usa</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[William Dobson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
