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Old 06-05-2009, 06:06 PM   #1 (permalink)
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StarCraft News - StarCraft II will be free to play over Battle.net!

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Blizzard's official StarCraft correspondent on the forums finally answered what many were asking. StarCraft II will require no monthly payment to play online!

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24. Re: Why Battle.net 2.0 Needs a Subscription Fee 06/04/2009 01:38:03 PM PDT

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Adding a subscription fee will not stop the kiddies from playing. If you've ever played wow you'll know that a large chunk of the populace are 12 year olds who get daddy to foot the bill so they can log on and act like... well, 12 year olds.
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25. Re: Why Battle.net 2.0 Needs a Subscription Fee 06/04/2009 03:08:16 PM PDT

When a player buys the StarCraft II box at retail, they will have the ability to play on the new Battle.net for free.

For those listening to the latest Activision Blizzard conference call, Mike Morhaime also mentions it there as well.
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Old 06-05-2009, 06:17 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: StarCraft News - StarCraft II will be free to play over Battle.net!

um... duh?
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Old 06-05-2009, 06:21 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: StarCraft News - StarCraft II will be free to play over Battle.net!

Was this already announced? I saw the post in Bnet forums, and thought it was new news.
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Old 06-05-2009, 11:19 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: StarCraft News - StarCraft II will be free to play over Battle.net!

Ofc no payment lolz pfff, I can't imagine a Blizzard RTS requiring a monthly fee... But except for retail, are there any other buying options that may have a fee? Like online purchases?
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Old 06-05-2009, 11:24 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: StarCraft News - StarCraft II will be free to play over Battle.net!

Awww yeahhhhh. I can't wait for this game.
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Re: StarCraft News - StarCraft II will be free to play over Battle.net!

Hasn't that always been like that for the original SC? If payment were required, it would have to become something like WOW2 and drive initial SC fans out.

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Old 06-06-2009, 07:36 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Re: StarCraft News - StarCraft II will be free to play over Battle.net!

We'e known this since SCII was announced. Hell we woulda known this years before it was announced.
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Re: StarCraft News - StarCraft II will be free to play over Battle.net!

Well then this is here to convince new StarCraft fans to buy SC2.
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Re: StarCraft News - StarCraft II will be free to play over Battle.net!

It's probably aimed at today's 13 year olds.

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um... duh?
QFT. I was under the impression that it's free to play same with d3.. It wasn't the least bit pondering.
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