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MMO10 DDO Europe to go free-to-play on August 20th

By: Justin Olivetti 2010-07-20T10:00:00 News Item: 12230

Filed under: Fantasy, Dungeons and Dragons Online, MMORPG industry, Free-to-play

While fans of Dungeons & Dragons Online in North America have had good factorto celebrate the game's transition to a free-to-play model and its subsequent revival, European gamers have had to make do with the regular (i.e. subscription-based) version of the game under Codemaster's rule. Like angry twins facing each other across a crowded cafeteria, the two versions of this MMORPG created an uncomfortable tension in the air over the past year.

This is about to change, however, as Eurogamer reports that Turbine is taking operational control of the game from Codemasters. With this move, Turbine is bringing DDO Europe in line with its North America sibling, transitioning the game to free-to-play on August 20th. This transition includes bringing European gamers together with NA gamers with global worlds.

Looking to calm any apprehensions by the gamers, Turbine plans to pave the way to their new global worlds by giving current DDO Europe gamers 5000 Turbine Points to spend in the DDO store. While there will only be an English service initially, French and German account services are in the works.

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