Cryptic’s Champions Online has gone free-to-play and soon it will have company. Owner Perfect World indicates that Star Trek Online will be free-to-play by the end of 2011.
“Cryptic is working on the free-to-play model for Star Trek Online,” said Perfect World CFO Kelvin Lau. “This is going to be launched by the end of this year. So I think free-to-play model we have a bigger potential in U.S. market and also in China market.”
“[Cryptic] will help us grow in the U.S. and the Europe, and further strengthen our R&D and operations around the world,” added Perfect World chairman Michael Chi.
Source: seekingalpha.com
