Turbine announces free-to-play Dungeons and Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited

by David Hinkle { Jun 9th 2009 at 10:00PM }

Good news for MMO fans comes courtesy of Turbine today, as the company has announced it's starting beta on a new game, Dungeons and Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited, a free-to-play version of its popular MMO. Players can download the game for free at DDO.com, and utilize the new DDO Store in-game to purchase a variety of items and whatnot for their characters.

The free-to-play game will also offer paid accounts (wait, what?) known as DDO VIPs, which unlock a host of features compared to the somewhat-robust feature set available to more frugal gamers. The fine folks at Massively were able to take a screenshot showing off what the differences are, and you can check that out right here. So while the cheapskate gamers get a surprising amount of content, you're really going to have to pony up for the full experience.

[Via Massively]

Tags: ddo, dungeons-and-dragons, dungeons-and-dragons-online, free-to-play, mmo, turbine

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Kevin949 @ Jun 9th 2009 10:51PM

Interested.

Doombot (zuburi) @ Jun 9th 2009 11:09PM

Indeed.

[Tilts chair slightly backward and folds hands]

F1: Basu Gasu Bakuhatsu @ Jun 9th 2009 11:18PM

Ehem yes.
(Sips wine while adjusting monocle.)

Po Panda @ Jun 9th 2009 11:27PM

"...a free-to-play version of its popular MMO..."

Did they just say they have a popular MMO? =P

Damon @ Jun 10th 2009 4:36AM

DDO did interest me a lot because the dungeon-crawling included narration, trap-avoidance and exploration on top of mindless monster hacking. But i never played it because of a strained budget. Guess i'm going to have to give it a go now.

Also, that is one hot succubus. Just saying.

Snowblind @ Jun 10th 2009 5:05AM

You still have to buy new content from the store if you want access to a lot of the stuff, but that's better than having to pay a subscription each month.

At least this way you only need to pay for the content you actually want to use. This is the system I'd like to see TOR take. Free to play, but make us buy new planet packs to get acess to new quests, and armour, etc. You'll pay just as much, but at least it's only when and if you want it.

The only thing I'm against is the actual ability to buy weapons/armour to make yourself better. I'm not sure if this game does that, but that should ALWAYS be avoided.