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Gazillion’s free-to-play Marvel MMO has racked up 1.5m registered users since its launch on June 4th. We are honoured by this incredible one and a half million registered user milestone and thank everyone who has played Marvel Heroes,” Gazillion CEO said David Brevik said. As the Marvel Heroes community continues …
Read More »Current Xbox Live infrastructure is "totally unacceptable" for free-to-play
Microsoft’s lengthy certification process for Xbox Live updates does not sit well with free-to-play, the CEO of Wargaming has said. However, Victor Kislyi has told Polygon that has company is working with Microsoft to help improve its mechanisms ahead of the arrival of free-to-play MMO World of Tanks on Xbox …
Read More »1st party Nintendo title Steel Diver going free-to-play
Nintendo is giving 3DS game Steel Diver a free-to-play makeover. It’s the first free-to-play game to come from Nintendo first party stable, although not the first to grace a Nintendo system – Namco Bandai outing Tank! Tank! Tank! went free-to-play on Wii U earlier this year. "There is something we’re …
Read More »4T2: Industry must take responsibility for IAPs in kids’ games
Mike Hawkyard on how and why developers should prevent youngsters' overspending through in-app purchasing
Read More »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. But as a parent, I know all to well the perils and concerns about children and content found on screens and online. My son, not even three yet, knows his way around an iPad. There are some games on there …
Read More »F2P Summit: An overview
There's just a few days -Â and a few tickets - left until the F2P Summit. We take a look at the highlights
Read More »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. It’s called Ridge Racer Driftopia and, crucially, will be free-to-play on both PS3 and PC. It’s due out some time later this year. The game is being developed by Flatout’s Bugbear Entertainment. As you …
Read More »UK government scrutinises F2P kids games
Office of Fair Trading to investigate ethics and practices of IAP in youth-targeted games
Read More »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. Those that don’t find F2P creatively satisfying, or who see it as a challenge to their business, are the most vocal. Most recently that debate has spilled over …
Read More »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. Last year Xbox launched Happy Wars, its first freemium game. And that game now boasts a player base of over 2m. PS4 allows for free-to-play titles and even Nintendo is eyeing micro-transactions for Wii …
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