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John Carmack of id Software said today at the QuakeCon 09 press conference that the browser-based Quake Live would be introducing a subscription-based premium service to players. It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that such a massively popular free to play game can’t support itself on ad revenue alone.

According to VG247′s live-blogging, Carmack also said that Quake Live will probably always have some level of free to play service, expecting the game to be alive in “many, many, many years” assuring gamers that this announcement didn’t mean it was in any danger.

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