<em>MechWarrior Online</em> announced as free-to-play game for 2012

After over two years of radio silence, the makers of the next <em>MechWarrior</em> game have finally announced <em>MechWarrior Online</em> as a free-to-play PC game for release next year.

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[Doggus]

Maybe I'm just cynical or jaded, but free to play seems to be a nicer way of saying "will be shuttering in six months" or "no matter what else we say, you're going to pay microtransactions out the ass in order to have any fun".

I think you are both, in this case. Free to play micro transaction games can be done quite well, be kept fair and stay very fun. See League of Legends for a good example of "doing it right".

Worst case scenario - the game is bad and you are out $0.