


Players who want to redo their hair and other aspects of their character can go to the in-game barber shop, located in most major cities in World of Warcraft. This is different from an in-game race change, and only allows players to change their gender or redo all their character customization at once. In modern World of Warcraft, players interested in changing their character’s gender need to purchase a $15 appearance change on the Blizzard store. But Blizzard is also changing some fundamental customization systems, most notably the ability to change your gender for free and at will. World War Toons will launch later this year for PlayStation VR and other platforms.Character customization is a major initiative for Blizzard in World of Warcraft’s upcoming expansion, Shadowlands. You're committed to this."Īs for its exact monetization plans, Reload only would go as far to say that they would be "very explosive and colorful," which sounds better than "pay to win." Because nobody would be stupid enough to go that route, right? You know that it's not going to pick up overnight. It's something that you plan from the beginning. Long-term success of the game is also part of the decision, and it's something that CEO James Chung had in mind for the game from the start: You can see the full stream embedded at the bottom of this article, but the main reason given for the F2P implementation is to build a large enough player base so that matches can be found at any time of the day or night and matchmaking times are short.

Reload Studios' cartoony VR shooter World War Toons will be free-to-play when it launches later in 2016, and the developers took to Twitch recently to explain their motivations in a livestream.
