Entries in 'microtransactions' (20)
Legal concerns decimate DeNA and Gree share price
Japan's Consumer Affairs Agency has announced an investigation into how social games firms sell their microtransactions in Japan, causing shares in the country’s two major players to nosedive.
Microtransactions generate 90% of US mobile game revenues
Think the big money is in paid-for apps? Think again – the real money is in in-game purchases.
PopCap axes 730,000-user Facebook game
EA PopCap has dropped ZipZapPlay’s Facebook game Baking Life, despite the title having almost three quarters of a million players.
Publishers to Microsoft: 'Don't kick us off the Flight'
Microsoft Flight could harm the simulation games market if the company doesn’t open it up to third-parties, publishers have told MCV.
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EA pushes the freemium model with new Theme Park on iOS
Just how far can EA push the freemium model on smartphones?
Microtransactions could be coming to 3DS
Nintendo will soon allow developers to create and sell virtual goods on 3DS games, according to reports.
Team Fortress 2 players earn $2m via in-game trades
More than $2 million has been generated through Team Fortress 2 microtransactions, Valve has said.
Screen Digest: MMO subscriptions on the fall
Subscriptions for MMOs have declined for the first time, according to new research.
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Konami considering micro-transactions for PES
Publisher Konami has admitted that it has to evolve how people pay and play Pro Evolution Soccer.
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.
EVE players lash out at CCP
Icelandic studio CCP Games is being threatened with as much as $1 million in lost subscription revenues, as uproar over the company’s microtransactions policy intensifies.
E3 2011: Xbox Live 'too closed' for Dust 514
Xbox Live is too closed for the developer of PS3 exclusive Dust 514.
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SONY: Dust 514 is free on PS3
Developer CCP has placed a rather big feather in the PS3's hat by confirming that shooter Dust 514 will be exclusive to Sony's console.
Capcom introduces Smurfs DLC cap
Players of Capcom's hit iOS title Smurf's Village will, once having installed the latest update, find that the game has introduced a cap on the game's micro-transactions.
Bigpoint tops 1bn daily transactions
Bigpoint has announced that its network of browser-based games now generates over one billion transactions every day.
Rovio to launch Angry Birds microtransactions
Rovio Mobile has announced it will launch its own in-app microtransactions system.
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LGC 2010: New Battlefield can ‘disrupt’ consoles
Having this morning confirmed a brand new, free-to-play instalment of its popular Battlefield series, publisher EA has said that the emergence of such titles threatens to rock the world ...
Cousens: I’m not a fan of DRM
Rod Cousens, the CEO of Britsoft publisher Codemasters, has confessed that he’s no fan of DRM and has instead urged the industry to embrace new retail models based on emerging ...
Riccitiello: Digital to overtake boxed product in 2010
In the wake of EA’s long-expected purchase of social network gaming specialist Playfish earlier this month, boss John Riccitiello has predicted that emerging online-based gaming models will overtake traditional console ...
iPhone 3.0 OS brings gaming enhancements
Apple’s iPhone 3.0 preview last night lifted the lid on a number of enhancements on the way for the device this summer, a number of which are squarely aimed at ...
