Paragon Studios’ superpowered flagship MMO City of Heroes is surfing the ever-growing trendwave of paid online titles moving into the free-to-play market. The developer has announced City of Heroes Freedom, a free version of the seven-year-old game which will launch later this year. The MMO will follow an increasingly popular model, giving free players access to a partial list of areas and features available to paid subscribers — however, in an unusual twist, free users will be able to pick and choose exactly which features and areas they want to access.
Premium subscribers get access to the whole kit and caboodle, as well as special rewards they’ll be able to choose from every month. These include new costumes, consumables and power sets, almost ensuring their supernatural superiority over their free-to-play counterparts. Basically, they’ll be the Justice League to the free players’ Alpha Flight.
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