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Upcoming movie Pixel will be joined by an associated mobile game from Bandai Namco. The free-to-play title takes the Sony Pictures Entertainment film and turns it into a tower defence title. Notably it will, like the movie, star characters from across the publisher spectrum including Pac-Man, Frogger and Q*bert. "With …
Read More »Hearthstone is now available for smartphones
iPhone and some Android owners are now able to play Hearthstone on their mobile phones. A universal update to both the iOS and Android versions of the game means it is now compatible with iPhones (4S and beyond) and assorted Android (4.0 minimum) handsets – although support for the latter …
Read More »Ghost in the Shell Online hacking in to Western market
Nexon has confirmed that it is bringing its Korean online FPS Ghost in the Shell Online to the West. The free-to-play title is on track to arrive in Europe, the Americas and Australasia some time this year, with beta sign-ups to become available in June. The game itself is a …
Read More »There’s another free-to-play Pokemon game on the way
Nintendo has announced a second F2P Pokemon title – Pokemon Rumble World. The game is heading to 3DS via download next week on April 8th. Nintendo, of course, describes it not as free-to-play but instead as free-to-start – a phrase favoured by boss Satoru Iwata. The Pokemon Rumble series has …
Read More »Pokemon Shuffle reaches 2.5m downloads
Free-to-play 3DS game Pokmon Shuffle has been downloaded more than 2.5m times since launching just over a month ago. The match-three game – which lets gamers play five sessions per day – wasannounced earlier this yearamongst a slew of seemingly contrary announcements regarding Nintendo’s stance on mobile games. It hit …
Read More »Speaker line-up complete for next week’s F2P Summit
One-day conference takes place Thursday, March 26th in London
Read More »Iwata: Free-to-start mobile games are an option for us
Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has said that Nintendo’s smartphone games may well be free-to-play. The industry is still collectively digesting the news that one of the big three platform holders has conceded to popular opinion and decided to bring its IP to non-owned smartphone devices. Fans, however, have expressed discomfort …
Read More »Lessons learned from free-to-play
F2P Summit speakers share their experiences of the widely-used business model and explain why “it’s not a licence to print money”
Read More »Ubisoft RTS AirMech Arena coming to PS4 and Xbox One
Carbon Games title AirMech Arena will be released on next-gen consoles, publisher Ubisoft has confirmed. The game sees players controlling one of nine transforming robots tasked with both defending their own base and taking control of their opponents’. In truth it sounds a lot like a MOBA, although it is …
Read More »The next Magic: The Gathering game will be free-to-play
Wizards of the Coast is to make the next instalment in its Magic: The Gathering series free-to-play. Magic Duels: Origins boasts a number of new features such as integrated deck construction assistance, an endless single player mode, some new multiplayer modes, a community Quest system and an enhanced tutorial system. …
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