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Torsten Reil talks expanding the studio and the potential of high-end F2P
Read More »Shenmue creator turns to mobile for latest outing
New social game by Sega veteran Yu Suzuki to be free-to-play
Read More »EA: We’re going through "an unbelievably difficult transition"
Outspoken former Xbox exec and current EA COO Peter Moore has admitted that the industry is experiencing more turbulence now than at any other period in its history. "We’re going through, as an industry, just an unbelievably difficult transformation, that is not from one business model to another but from …
Read More »In-app payments for Windows Phone 8
Windows Phone to get long-awaited monetisation option
Read More »Ustwo: ‘devs should be cautious’ of free-to-play
App development 'like a drug', says Whale Trail developer
Read More »Crytek ‘to become free-to-play studio’
DLC and premium services 'milking customers to death', says Cevat Yerli
Read More »E3 2012: Crytek switches to F2P, Premium DLC "milking gamers to death"
Crysis developer Crytek has apparently claimed that it is to become a free-to-play only studio. Speaking to Videogamer.com, CEO Cevat Yerli said that the growing DLC and premium services” model is milking customers to death”. The transition will come once the developer has completed its current contracts for traditional boxed …
Read More »HOT TOPICS: Is the subscription MMO in trouble?
In the seventh of a series of features answering the biggest questions about the industry’s future, James Batchelor discusses the impact the free-to-play model has had on the traditional MMO Is the subscription MMO in trouble?YES At its peak in 2010, 12m people around the world were playing Blizzard’s World …
Read More »HOT TOPICS: Will all games be free?
In the fourth of a series of features answering the biggest questions about the industry’s future, Dominic Sacco evaluates the threat of the free-to-play model Will all games be free?NO The most played PC browser and mobile games cost nothing to play. Zynga’s CityVille is the most popular Facebook game …
Read More »EA: The Old Republic free-to-play level 15 cap on the way
Star Wars: The Old Republic will be a bit more free-to-play coming next month, BioWare announced during EA’s E3 press briefing earlier today. The MMO will receive a July update that will make it free-to-play up through level 15. The update also will introduce the new world of Makeb, as …
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