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F2P Summit: Ionage developer Tim Wicksteed shares some mistakes he made when making his first free-to-play game
Read More »Ten triple-A mistakes and how free-to-play developers can avoid them
F2P Summit: GamesBrief's Nicholas Lovell explores the differences between freemium games and traditional production
Read More »Know your free-to-play gamer types in order to monetise them
F2P Summit: Strong data insights crucial to understanding player behaviour
Read More »Psychologist calls for more research into free-to-play games
F2P Summit: Not enough research has been done into why players spend on in-app purchases, experts says
Read More »Amazon: Get gamers playing more often, not longer, to succeed in free-to-play
F2P Summit: More than a third of paid players still spend after one month in top grossing apps
Read More »The four value components of free-to-play
F2P Summit: Cyberpsychologist Berni Good analyses the motivations behind in-game purchases
Read More »Capcom’s Deep Down will be free-to-play on PS4
Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed that PS4 RPG Deep Down will be a free-to-play title. The game, which was earlier this year confirmed as being a PS4 exclusive, is expected to go into open beta close” to PS4’s Japanese launch date of February 22nd. Sony has previously said that F2P …
Read More »World of Warcraft revenues "drop 54% in seven months"
One analyst has speculated that the time may be nearing for Activision Blizzard’s World of Warcraft to make the jump to free-to-play. A report by Superdata Research, as spotted by CVG, claims that the MMO has experienced a drop in revenues of 54 per cent in the last seven months. …
Read More »Soul Calibur also getting the free-to-play treatment
Namco Bandai’s free-to-play frenzy seems to be continuing. A translated Famitsu article from Gematsu says that a free-to-play version of Soul Calibur is currently in development for PS3. There’s no word yet on when it might be released. The release follows the release of two other free-to-play Namco titles – …
Read More »EndWar IP returns as free-to-play title
Ubisoft is to resurrect the Tom Clancy EndWar brand. Having done the same with the Ghost Recon IP, EndWar is to get the free-to-play browser treatment. It’s being developed at Ubisoft Shanghai and will be released on PC and Mac. It will be both single and multi player and allow …
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