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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

R.O.S.E. Online Switches To Free-To-Play

Officials for R.O.S.E. Online have announced that the Korean-developed MMORPG will be doing away with its subscriptions, switching all of its servers to a free-to-play business model, effective July 29th.

Brought online in the U.S. in December 2005 by publisher Gravity Interactive, R.O.S.E. Online has been running on monthly subscription plans, with a single month's non-recurring subscription priced at $12.99.

Existing subscriptions will be canceled, and users with subscriptions will be compensated with in-game currency. R.O.S.E. Online features an Item Mall in which players can buy in-game items.

According to R.O.S.E. Online's officials, the MMORPG is switching to the subscription model to "attract more users than ever before."

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Posted by Eric Caoili on July 15, 2008 11:46 AM |

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