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Online dogfighting game Ace Combat Infinity has reached one million downloads worldwide. The Project Aces-developed and Bandai Namco-published title was released as a free-to-play PS3 exclusive a month and a half ago. To celebrate the one million download mark, users will be able to receive the Mirage 2000-5 White Tiger …
Read More »‘More games should become free-to-play,’ suggests Trion Worlds CEO
The CEO of Trion Worlds has said that more titles should considering adopting a free-to-pay model, as paying upfront for games becomes harder to justify. If there’s one thing we’re learned through all of our own prior development, it’s that the barrier of having to purchase a thing before getting …
Read More »Zoo Tycoon goes free-to-play
Behaviour Interactive developing mobile and web title
Read More »Perfect World and meat supplier acquire Warframe dev
F2P success for Canada dev attracts overseas interest
Read More »ASA bans EA’s Dungeon Keeper ad for claiming game is free
Dungeon Keeper on iOS is not free and must not be advertised as such. That’s the verdict of the Advertising Standards Authority, which has upheld a complaint about an advertisement for the game in which it was described as being free. The ad was also criticised for showing a well-developed …
Read More »GAME exclusive Ghost Recon Phantoms retail SKU arrives
A retail version of free-to-play PC shooter Ghost Recon Phantoms is now available exclusively from GAME. The press material also carries the pay-to-win themed boast that the SKU features all the necessary equipment for users to develop the ultimate clan and dominate the leaderboards”. It costs 15.99 and includes a …
Read More »EA admits it ‘misjudged the economy’ with Dungeon Keeper
CEO Andrew Wilson acknowledges the "disconnect" for those who grew up with series' earlier games
Read More »Nexon signs publishing deal with Sleeping Dogs dev
Vancouver studio working on new F2P title
Read More »Dungeon Keeper remake ‘misjudged the economy’, EA CEO Wilson admits
EA has admitted that it made mistakes with its free-to-play Dungeon Keeper remake for smartphones. The game was roundly criticised earlier this year for its use of microtransactions, with Peter Molyneux – designer of 1997’s original Dungeon Keeper – describing it as ridiculous”. The game also employed some questionable ratings …
Read More »Free-to-play Ridge Racer Driftopia going offline
Servers to be shut down by August 15th
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