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Tetris Finally Gains a Subscription Fee

The prayers of our wallets have been answered.

Tengen Tetris, the real deal.
Tengen Tetris, the real deal.

If you’re looking for a new way to pay for Tetris, Electronic Arts has you covered. The publisher just launched another Tetris game for iOS devices, which includes the ability to sign up for the...T-Club.

Yep, the T-Club.

The T-Club costs $2.99 per month or $29.99 per year, and gives you access to “exclusive discounts and content, premium Tetris Log challenges, and a booster to progress [your] Tetris Log faster.”

Yep, you can level up in a Tetris game now, too!

Maybe I sound like an old crank, but what world have I awoken to?

This new app is available now for $0.99 on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

I’m going back to bed.

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Is the I-Block exclusive to the T-Club?

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Any female members of the T-Club should call themselves T-girls. Google it. Image search is the most informative.

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That awkward moment when the things you joke about never happening, happen.

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I love Tetris, LET'S DO THIS!!!!

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The Square told me to collect 8 L-shapes and he would give me a Straight Line of Dropping.

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Hahahaha... April fools, guys! Right? Right? What? It's December?

Oh christ.

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"Tetris Log" sounds like a turd.

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The biggest subscribtion game launched in 2011... SW:ToR? No! Rift? No! Tetris? YES!~
 
Somehow I feel like gaming has come full circle...

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I remember long before the smart phone era when you had to pay a subscription to play Tetris on your phone (or just about any other mobile game).

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I love to listen to T-pain in the T-Club.

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You know, if people would just not pay for it...Oh, who am I kidding. Boycotts never work these days.

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Ahahahahahaha oh touch screen Tetris you so funny.

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@MikkaQ said:

Hahahahahahaha. Okay, EA.

I'll just go play Tetris on my gameboy pocket. No infinite spin, only one upcoming block, the classic soundtrack and eyepopping monochrome graphics. They can't retroactively charge me for that, can they?

I think you're underestimating them.
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Are they increasing the level cap?

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So you're paying money to boost yourself up a Tetris leaderboard on a shitty version of Tetris? Beyond the gross-ness of charging people to subscribe to Tetris, that's just a stupid offer.

Though I'm looking forward to what these "discounts and offers" and "challenges" are. GET YOURSELF A DEAD SPACE TETRIS THEME! FOR ONE DOLLAR INSTEAD OF TWO!

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What do you think, Brono?

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@BestUsernameEver said:

@Asadasa5 said:

Should have just called it the Tub.

Yes, they should have, or ♪ ♩ ♬ "Tubs Club"♪ ♫ ♩ ♬

Everyone who signs up in the first month gets a free copy of Tub Thumpin'.

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Hey, if anything warrants a subscription fee, it's the greatest game of all time.

... so let me know when Super Mario 64 gets one.

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Are u kiddin me?

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is Tetris the new answer to CoD since BF3 failed?

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@Hulsey90 said:

This is.....erm......stupid.

yeah pretty much.

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@Asadasa5 said:

Should have just called it the Tub.

Yes, they should have, or ♪ ♩ ♬ "Tubs Club"♪ ♫ ♩ ♬

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I thought people paying for the EA sports thing where you get to play a week early and discounts on the DLC were stupid. But if you pay a monthly fee to play Tetris you are an idiot. You can buy an old NES or FC Twin and the original game for around the price of the yearly fee.

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@Branthog said:

Congratulations on being massive fucking retards, EA.

They are just now getting the award? I thought it was when they took down most of their Steam supported games, or when they made Origin when it never needed to exist, and actually hurts the customer by pretty much forcing them to create yet another account for yet another game for absolutely no reason other than to play BF3 on PC, or when they admitted the only reason they started new IPs like Mirrors edge and dead space was because they knew the money wasn't mainly in sequels anymore. Or maybe they get yet another massive fucking retards award, in that case, they've won 12 in a row! Good going EA!

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Should have just called it the Tub.

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I love these April Fools articles always so inventive...wait what do you mean its December...?

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LOL!

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Isn't Tenten supposed to be Tengen?

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This is.....erm......stupid.

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I can play Tetris on my shitty Tracfone for free. Thanks for thinking of my wallet though EA.

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This would make more sense on a version of Tetris The Grandmaster, you know a version that actual pro players play. A casual version for a touch screen devices doesn't need stat tracking.

Also, whats the incentive to subscribe to this when there is already a Tetris app on iTunes?

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Congratulations on being massive fucking retards, EA.

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I'll just play Tetris for free on the internet...

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Or you could just go play Tetris Friends for free and not be a total idiot.

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The sad thing is that people are going to buy this...

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wait, hold on... it's not April 1st! What's going on?!?! o_O

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EA, you are really taking the piss out of me with your wanting to put a charge on everything.

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Hahahahahahaha. Okay, EA.

I'll just go play Tetris on my gameboy pocket. No infinite spin, only one upcoming block, the classic soundtrack and eyepopping monochrome graphics. They can't retroactively charge me for that, can they?

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No Tetris Battle Gaiden no sale.

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Ewwwwwww. Nothing about this feels right.
 
I feel... Violated.

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can someone please upload the "I don't want to live on this planet anymore" thing?

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It will go free to play in 6 months and I'll feel ridiculous for buying that lifetime subscription

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It gives you access to a website where all of your moves are tracked and analyzed, and you get advice on how to better plan for the maximum number of tetrises (tetri?). Except the site will have a godawful amount of traffic and won't work for a couple of weeks and EA will give you a free month.

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Seems like something that would be better suited to micro-transactions. You know: pay one dollar, get a line block.