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Sony says growth of freemium games on consoles will continue for years to come
Read More »Sony predicts free-to-play will be "really big chunk" of PS4 revenues
Free-to-play games will account for a big chunk” of PS4’s revenues within three to five years, according to Sony’s senior account executive for F2P. "We’re really looking at this as a significant part of our digital business," Sarah Thompson told an audience at GDC, as reported by GameSpot. "I think …
Read More »Fable Legends will be free-to-play
Lionhead's next RPG will update episodically and feature microtransactions
Read More »Neverwinter MMO arriving on Xbox One next month
There’s another free-to-play game on the way to Microsoft’s Xbox One. City of Heroes and Star Trek Online developer Cryptic Studios has confirmed that its F2P MMO Neverwinter will be released on the machine on March 31st. It was confirmed as being in development for the console last summer. Included …
Read More »Fable Legends is going to be free-to-play
The rumours were true – Lionhead’s Xbox One and PC multiplayer title Fable Legends will be free-to-play. That’s not just on PC, either, with the Xbox version also confirmed by Kotaku as being F2P. The free game will come with a story’s worth of free quests, with more to be …
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Read More »Fireproof and Bossa to speak at F2P: Summit
Other speakers for March 26th event include Delinquent’s Dave Bishop and Secret Police’s Ric Moore
Read More »‘Free-to-start’ could be free-to-play’s way into the console market, EA boss says
Free-to-play may still be finding its feet in the console market, but EA has identified what it thinks may be a potential avenue for the business model. Speaking to investors yesterday EA CEO Andrew Wilson said, as transcribed by Seeking Alpha, that games must inevitably follow the lead set out …
Read More »EA: Future console gamers will expect ‘free-to-start’ games
Publisher's Andrew Wilson says firm is "actively investigating" free-to-play options on consoles
Read More »Deep Silver is bringing APB to PS4 and Xbox One
Realtime Worlds’ online action title APB is making the jump from PC to consoles. Deep Silver is bringing a new version of the free-to-play PC game to PS4 and Xbox One in Q2 2015. The console release is being developed by Evil Within co-developer The Workshop Entertainment. It will be …
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