When a new massively multiplayer online title is announced, many MMO players immediately ask about subscription fees. Seeing as how most MMOs these days just copy World of Warcraft's model, the number of quality free-to-play online games hasn't exactly skyrocketed, with Guild Wars being one of the few well-known exceptions.
Runic Games' Torchlight MMO is now underway, so the question of fees has come up once more. In the famous words of Professor Farnsworth, "Good news, everyone!" Runic won't be implementing subscription fees for their upcoming Torchilight-based MMO, and according to studio CEO Max Schaefer, WoW had something to do with this decision.
“You can’t really approach any MMO project without taking into account World of Warcraft," Schaefer said. "It’s the elephant in the room of every MMO company.
"I don't think anyone can do [subscriptions] anymore because pretty much everyone that does subscriptions has one for World of Warcraft."
For anyone waiting on Torchlight II, development has just about ended, and although it's still missing a release date, Runic is "aiming for late summer."
Source:Charge Shot
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