Entries in 'free-to-play' (167)
Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes announced
GAMESCOM: EA is to give another major IP the social network treatment with the announcement of Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes.
Ubisoft UK details free-to-play hopes
Ubisoft’s free-to-play aspirations were unveiled to the UK press at a summer showcase last week.
F2P FPS Lethal Enterprise to use CryEngine 3
Developer New World has announced a brand new F2P first person shooter called Lethal Enterprise – and it will be powered by Crytek’s impressive CryEngine 3.
F2P Resistance game goes live
Sony has not just surprised fans with the announcement of a new free-to-play game set in the Resistance universe – it’s also made the game live.
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F2P Championship Manager MMO revealed
Square Enix has lifted the lid on a massively multiplayer online version of its Championship Manager football franchise.
Ubisoft: Don't fear free games
The wave of free games available online can help best-selling retail games become bigger hits. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot this week told MCV the free-to-play category will convert non-gamers into ...
Ubisoft acquires F2P studio Owlient
Speaking to MCV earlier today, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has that his company has made its fourth casual gaming acquisition in two and a half years.
Dust 514 will demand upfront “cover charge”
CCP’s experimental console shooter Dust 514 won’t be quite as free-to-play at launch as we had come to expect.
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Free to play titles take charge of Apple’s App Store
The growing momentum of free to play games is not just taking over the MMO market – it’s also taken control of Apple’s App Store marketplace.
Can MMOs make more money with F2P?
Gamesbrief director and industry analayst Nicholas Lovell says publishers of subscription-based MMOs could be denying themselves additional income.
F2P gives ageing MMOs a second chance
MMO publishers are flocking to the free-to-play market to stop users logging off.
There's no stopping F2P
The previously announced free-to-play update for Funcom MMO Age of Conan has gone live.
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Microtransactions hit DC Universe Online
An in-game microtransaction-based Marketplace has been introduced to Sony Online Entertainment's PS3 and PC MMO title DC Universe Online.
Team Fortress enjoys user boost
Counter-Strike’s deeply-embedded position as the most played Steam game has finally been dismantled, following a daring and controversial change in pricing policy from Valve.
F2P titles coming to Xbox 360
Microsoft is fostering new relationships with developers in a bid to bring free-to-play gaming to Xbox, Develop understands.
Team Fortress 2 becomes F2P
Valve has once again turned to Team Fortress 2 as the studio’s outlet for experimentation, this time with a daring move to make the triple-A game entirely free to play.
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Infinity Blade becomes F2P
Epic Games’ iOS blockbuster Infinity Blade will launch in Japan as a free-to-play game, a leading Japanese games company has said.
Now City of Heroes goes F2P
Publisher NCsoft has revealed that City of Heroes, its successful PC superhero MMO, is to become a free-to-play title. It's also getting a new name – City of Heroes: Freedom.
Iwata dismisses free-to-play
The freemium model for video games isn't just a sector that Nintendo will be avoiding – it's one that president Satoru Iwata believes actually threatens the health of the industry.
Steam introduces free-to-play games
The first wave of free-to-play games have now gone live on Steam.
Age of Conan gets free-to-play relaunch
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures will be remodelled as a free-to-play game this summer.
Ghost Recon goes free-to-play
Ubisoft has announced it currently working on Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Online, the first free-to-play entry in the series.
Cousins leaves EA's Easy Studio
Ben Cousins, the man behind EA's successful forays into the free-to-play games market, has announced his departure from the publisher.
'EA in better digital shape than Acti'
The founder of mobile games firm Ngmoco has said that EA is best positioned to face the transition from boxed sales to digital downloads.
EA and Bigpoint strike F2P deal
EA and Bigpoint have announced a ‘strategic relationship’ to distribute certain titles from within EA’s Play4Free online platform.
