BioWare has announced Star Wars: The Old Republic will be free-to-play from March 15 to March 19. The popular massively multiplayer game’s “Weekend Pass Free Trial” allows anyone to sample the opening adventures of the eight different character classes in the game, as well as some player-versus-player Warzones, and early faction-specific Flashpoints (four-man instances).
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No payment method will be required, so you can play without worry of being charged the normal $15 monthly subscription rate when the free trial ends. Publisher Electronic Arts is reporting The Old Republic has an estimated 1.7M active subscribers; it will be interesting to see what that number is after this weekend.
Via BioWare