The Secret World Celebrates First Live Month with Free-to-Play Mode Next Weekend

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Good news for all MMO procrastinators out there: Funcom's highly acclaimed conspiracy-laden RPG The Secret World will open its doors to all players for a limited time next weekend. That means it will be free-to-play starting August 3, 5pm EDT until August 7, 3am EDT. Anyone who still has a beta account lying around should have instant access, but new players can jump right in by creating a new account, too. The game needs at least a 30GB chunk of hard disk space, so it's probably a good idea to download the huge client beforehand. Virtual fireworks will brighten up the mysterious in-game skies to welcome next week's initiates, and with all the positive buzz the game has earned, the level 15 cap shouldn't take too long to complete. Persistent newbies who manage completing 30 missions during next weekend receive 1200 bonus points along with a special t-shirt, with leaderboards highlighting the top 100 mission solvers. Now that The Secret World has been out and about for its first 30 days, a free-to-play mode is the perfect way to celebrate its success. 

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ComputerEd on July 29, 2012 08:24AM Seriously you think it means success when a game puts out a free to play mode after only 30 days under a subscription model? reply to this

mlw on July 30, 2012 01:57AM It's THREE DAYS of free to play, not a permanent change. And imo, this game is great, even with its numerous quest bugs (GM are usually quite reactive) : quite a few times you don't feel like playing a MMO (I mean the grind-fest with different flavor part of it), which is really refreshing. Especially when you have to actually THINK for once, which in itself is a real first in MMOs (not talking there about small riddles you can find in some other MMO). reply to this

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