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Tornquist said the game was made to work on a subscription model, but it could also function as a free-to-play game. If it made the transition, it would follow in the footsteps of other MMOs such as 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Star Wars: The Old Republic, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Star Trek Online, and Funcom's own 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Age of Conan.

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