Tag Archives: free-to-play

Ridge Racer’s foray into the world of free-to-play is coming to an end in the summer. Bandai Namco has confirmed that it will turn off the game’s servers by August 15th. The Bugbear-developed title had been widely criticised for its implementation of microtransactions. The leading developer and publisher wanted to …

A new trailer for Capcom’s Deep Down suggests the action RPG is coming on very nicely. The Dark Souls-esque short of the still un-dated PS4 title points to the game being a visual performer, offering tactical combat and a range of assorted monsters to tackle. Less positive, however, is confirmation …

The latest release from acclaimed game director Suda51 will be free-to-play. Let it Die was unveiled earlier this week during Sony’s E3 2014 press conference as an exclusive for the PS4. But now creator Suda51 has revealed to Destructoid that the title will use the free-to-play business model. Additional details …

Square Enix has announced popular FFVII mini game G-Bike is coming to iOS and Android. The publisher revealed last year it wouldn’t be porting Final Fantasy VII to mobile devices anytime soon but has opted to release one of its mini games instead. Final Fantasy G-Bike is a free-to-play motorcycle …

Platform holder "committed" to making its devices a viable market for freemium devs

Sony has announced a major push behind its free-to-play line-up. The firm revealed a number of ‘free’ games during the firm’s pre-E3 press conference. Namely: Planetside 2, Guns Up, Kingdom Under Fire II. Fat Princess Piece of Cake, BigFest, Destiny of Spirits, Reaper, My Singing Monster, War Thunder, Pain, Loadout, …

PC free-to-play title Loadout is headed to PlayStation 4. In a post on the PlayStation Blog, Edge of Reality creative director said that the title will be a console exclusive to PlayStation 4. As of yet a release date has not been set for the PS4 version. The title launched …

Square Enix has announced a new Hitman game for mobiles. It’s called Hitman: Sniper and is being made by Square Enix Montreal – whose debut title Hitman Go is now out on Android for 2.99, incidentally. We’ve designed Hitman: Sniper to be a massively competitive sniping game that will focus …

Trion Worlds MMO Defiance has made the inevitable free-to-play move on PC. The studio has made the move ahead of the premire of the associated TV series’ second series on SyFy in July. Trion says that it intends for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game to go …

IQzone's Patrick Pettay on why he believes advertisements should be used alongside IAPs in mobile games