It seems that soon, D&D Online will become Free-To-Play, according to their website here. It is unknown how they will continue funding the game (my guess is micro-transactions?), but it does seem that free players will only have access to partial content (similar to RuneScape's current model).

Nonetheles, I feel that this is good news - players will be able to get a "free sample" per-say without having to worry about the norma trail's time limits! Best of luck with your virtual D&D-ing.

Battlefield Heroes has now entered open beta! I highly suggest that anyone who enjoys the game Team Fortress 2 and/or the Battlefield series of games sign up to play. The game has a comedic feel, yet still provides players with objectives and hidden missions, such as "blow up 10 vehicles", so that everyone has the obvious goals, as well as hidden agendas.