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06-05-2009, 06:06 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: In the stars Age: 17 Posts: 1,569 | StarCraft News - StarCraft II will be free to play over Battle.net! source 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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Originally Posted by Darax 24. Re: Why Battle.net 2.0 Needs a Subscription Fee 06/04/2009 01:38:03 PM PDT Quote: |
Originally Posted by Sidefx 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. | indeed | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Karune 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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06-05-2009, 06:17 PM
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06-05-2009, 06:21 PM
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06-05-2009, 11:19 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003 Age: 100 Posts: 4,672 | 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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06-05-2009, 11:24 PM
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06-06-2009, 04:15 AM
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Amantis is online now Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Global Pinballer Posts: 3,453 | 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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06-06-2009, 07:36 AM
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06-06-2009, 08:51 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: In the stars Age: 17 Posts: 1,569 | 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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Amantis is online now Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Global Pinballer Posts: 3,453 | 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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06-06-2009, 08:14 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2002 Age: 23 Posts: 5,189 | Re: StarCraft News - StarCraft II will be free to play over Battle.net! Quote:
Originally Posted by Wing Zero 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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