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by Alice O'Connor, Jun 25, 2010 6:40am PDTGlobal Agenda developer Hi-Rez Studios has shook up its business model less than five months after launch, announcing the abolition of subscription fees--meaning you need merely to buy the PC shooter MMO--and a move towards paid content updates.
A free trial is available on Steam, letting you play characters up to level 15. Global Agenda requires Steam as it uses auto-updating and other Steamworks features.
While Global Agenda's previous $12.99 monthly subscription was optional, those who didn't pay it found their game more than a little restricted. Subscribers gained access to the alliance vs. alliance 'World Domination' mode, the auction house, crafting, in-game mail, improved communication and more, not forgetting character levels beyond thirty.
"Future content updates will be delivered via optional paid expansions," Hi-Rez explains, to support the game. One such expansion, named 'Sandstorm,' is being released for free in two parts this summer to give players a freebie taste of the new way.
To celebrate the news--and the season--Global Agenda is discounted by 33% to $26.79 on Steam as part of its current whopping great Summer Sale.
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They called themselves an MMO just to get suckers to pay a subscription fee, a total scam.
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There is 6 maps for each rank of PVE missions so get dull fast.
PVP tends to boil down in to mass camp down with turrets been spamed all over every time there off CD.
Its good but still needs abit of work hope the 2nd half of sandstorm will be as much of a boost as the first part was.
Hi-Rez sent out two surveys recently which hinted toward the fact that subscription rates were pretty bad, and they were looking for alternate avenues for revenue streams. This makes a lot of sense.
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*subscription
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Probably still be that way for me however :) Might make a few more people bite!
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