This is exciting news especially for those of you who have never played World of Warcraft. Blizzard has just announced that the record breaking MMO, World of Warcraft will be free to play through level 20. 

World of Warcraft is now free to play*. Best news in weeks...

If you have never played World of Warcraft, this is the time to get your trial account. Blizzard changed trial account conditions, which was only 14 days of game time before, turned this MMORPG into free to play forever through level 20. 

Check out the new Trial Account features: (source: battle.net)

You can create a trial account at Battle.net : http://us.battle.net/wow/en/

The following restrictions are placed on all Starter Edition Accounts:

- * A level cap of 20.
- A maximum of 10 gold.
- Trade skills are capped at 100 ranks.
- Unable to trade via the Auction House, mailbox, or player-to-player.
- In-game access to public chat channels unavailable. Players are limited to communicating using only say, party, or whisper.
- Characters will be unable to create or join guilds.
- Characters are not able to send whispers to other characters unless they have been added to the characters' friends lists or have received a whisper from a character first.
- Characters will not be able to invite other players into a party.
- Characters will not be able to join parties with other characters above level 20.
- Voice chat disabled on Starter Edition accounts.
- Realms experiencing login queues will prioritize players who have full, paid accounts.
- Starter Edition accounts are not eligible for character transfers
- RealID features are disabled on all Starter Edition Accounts.

What happens when a character on a Starter Edition account reaches level 20?

Once a character reaches level 20, you're free to keep playing -- however, the character will stop earning experience points and will no longer be able to level up.

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