Guild Wars 2 is Now Completely Free

<p>Subscription-based MMOs are few and far between&comma; though <em>Guild Wars <&sol;em>has always been an interesting deviation from the pack&period; The first game required a purchase of the game upfront&comma; but then everything afterwards &lpar;except expansions&rpar; was free &&num;8211&semi; no subscription required&period; The same applied for <em>Guild Wars 2 <&sol;em>until today&period; ArenaNet has announced that the core game has now gone free-to-play in anticipation of the release of its first expansion&colon; <em>Guild Wars 2&colon; Heart of Thorns<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Players who download the game today will not have to pay for any content unless they would like to engage with the upcoming expansion pack&period; However&comma; restrictions will be applied to discourage any disruption of the world and its economy&period; For example&comma; players will have to reach level 10 in order to leave the starter zones&comma; along with various other level restrictions&period; There will be minor chat and economy restrictions&comma; as well as fewer character and bag slots&period; Buying the game will strip the restrictions&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s not necessary to enjoy the majority of the <em>Guild Wars 2 <&sol;em>experience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The extremely popular MMO title will release its first major expansion on October 23&comma; 2015&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;guildwars2&period;com&sol;en&sol;news&sol;play-for-free-today&sol;">Guild Wars 2 News<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;