MMO game developer Turbine is stepping into the free-to-play MMO business with the announcement today of DDO Eberron Unlimited, a new version of Dungeons and Dragons Online that will launch later this summer and will allow anyone to play the game for free.

Those folks can choose to spend real money in the DDO online store where microtransactions will be used to purchase in-game items, additional adventure packs, more character slots and other items. You can also still pay a monthly subscription fee if you want. Those players will become VIPs which means access to all of the game's adventure packs, access to more character slots and 500 points per month to spend in the DDO store among other things. The free-to-play version is currently signing up people to beta test the game.