Entries in 'free-to-play' (163)
Report: Google Play sees in-app purchase explosion
In-app purchases for Google Play offerings reportedly have seen a massive increase over the past year.
Rift confronts the inevitable, goes free-to-play
Trion Worlds has confirmed plans to ditch subscription fees for MMO title Rift.
GAME launches UK retail's first free-to-play platform
But isn’t free-to-play supposed to mean the death of retail?
OPINION: Office of Fair Trading's F2P scrutiny mustn't be a witch hunt - but must be honest
Forgive me for opening with an 'As a parent' introduction.
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Free-to-play Ridge Racer Driftopia announced for PC, PS3
A new Ridge Racer has been announced – although it’s probably not the game you expected.
ANALYSIS: Free-to-play games putting pressure on triple-A
In an increasingly fractured market there are less and less outright villains in the games business, save for one business model: free-to-play.
EA: Ignore the vocal minority - the market likes free-to-play
The angry whining of teens on the internet should not be mistaken for actual, real-world opinion.
Numbers show consumers like freemium, EA Mobile boss says
EA All Play senior VP and general manager Nick Earl believes that most consumers have totally embraced freemium business models, saying detractors are just a loud minority.
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Is 'free' the future of console games?
It seems inevitable that free-to-play will play a big part in the next generation of consoles.
Jade Raymond: Market can only support 10 successful triple-A games a year
The popularity of emerging business models and free-to-play has significantly reduced the scope for full-price triple-A success in the modern games market.
Warner announces F2P DC arena brawler Infinite Crisis
Lord of the Rings Online studio Turbine is developing a free-to-play arena battler based on the DC Comics licence.
Read the definitive guide to Q2 new releases in the latest MCV
This latest MCV – which is now available to view online – details all of the hottest releases coming in the next few months, including The Last of Us and Remember Me.
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Star Wars: The Old Republic registers 2m new accounts since F2P switch
Star Wars: The Old Republic has seen an increase of 2m new accounts since switching to the free-to-play model last November.
Warner launches free Hobbit browser game
The Hobbit: Armies of the Third Age is now available to play for free in browsers.
MMO Tera's free-to-play switch scores over 1.4m new US accounts
The North American version of Tera: Rising has pulled in 1.4m new accounts since going free-to-play in February, En Masse Entertainment has announced.
Uncharted 3 multiplayer downloads increase as new DLC revealed
Uncharted 3’s multiplayer client has been downloaded 350k times since Sony flipped the free-to-play switch.
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Real Racing 3 smashes series' download records
One of the great things about the internet is that it gives everyone a voice. But one of the bad things about the internet is that it gives everyone a ...
Cliffy B: "It's bullshit that EA has 'scumbag' memes and that Good Guy Valve can Do No Wrong"
Former Epic developer Cliff Blezsinski has called for a halt to the endless stream of vitriol aimed at the free to play market.
EA shutting down Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes
Mythic Entertainment and EA have announced the upcoming closure of free-to-play title Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes.
Uncharted 3 goes free-to-play in PSN multiplayer experiment
PS3 owners are being offered the chance to download the multiplayer part of Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 3 for free.
Will free-to-play console games lead the next generation?
We’re days away from learning more about how the next generation of consoles will take shape – and developers predict free-to-play games will be at the heart of it.
Firemonkeys tones down freemium elements of Real Racing 3
A consumer backlash to the freemium business model implemented in Real Racing 3 has forced a change to the game.
Now Tetris is getting the free-to-play treatment
EA has decided to give age-old puzzle classic Tetris a free-to-play makeover.
VIDEO: Real Racing 3 goes free-to-play, gets release date
The next instalment in the EA-owned Firemonkey’s Real Racing series is going to be free to play.
