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China’s mobile gaming market is nearing the same size as America’s market and growing at a significantly faster rate, a new report from research firm Superdata has revealed. Games Industry highlights Superdata’s research, which projects Chinese mobile gaming will bring in $3bn in revenue this year – the US is …
Read More »PC free-to-play’s billions
Develop analyses the key data and asks the business model’s biggest advocates about the future of free on desktops
Read More »Nexon: Most Western free-to-play PC games are ‘done badly’
‘Until Western developers learn how to do it better, you won’t see so many strong free-to-play games in the West’
Read More »Defiance goes free-to-play next month
PS3 version will make the switch in July, Xbox 360 version to follow
Read More »Defiance to go free-to-play next month
The MMO game based on SyFy TV series Defiance will soon be free-to-play. This change will take effect on June 4th for the PC version and July 15th for the PlayStation 3 edition. There are plans to have the Xbox 360 release make this transition, but a date has not …
Read More »Cousins leaves Scattered to become F2P consultant
Ben Cousins has left Scattered Entertainment to pursue a job as a free-to-play games consultant. The former EA Easy general manager joined the Swedish outfit in 2011 as GM. Cousins also held the role of head of European Game Studios for the developer’s owner DeNA.Scattered co-founder Senta Jakobsen will now …
Read More »Technical issues disrupt Soulcalibur: Lost Swords
Bandai Namco’s free-to-play Soulcalibur game has endured a disastrous start to life. CVG reports that an unspecified technical issue” has left Soulcalibur: Lost Swords virtually unplayable for a significant portion of players following its release on PSN in America this week. "There is currently a technical issue that has delayed …
Read More »Free-to-play Ace Combat hits PS3 next month
Free-to-play title Ace Combat Infinity will launch next month on PlayStation 3, publisher Bandai Namco has announced. The game arrive in Japan on May 20th ; followed by its arrival in North America a week later on May 27th, and in Europe one day after that on May 28th – …
Read More »Brazil’s free-to-play market valued at $470m – report
Brazil’s free-to-play market grew to $470m in 2013, research firm Interpret has revealed. Games Industry reports on new research from Interpret that delves into the budding Brazilian F2P market – which makes all the sense in the world, considering the current state of console pricing in the region. "F2P PC …
Read More »Bandai Namco announces free-to-play fighter Rise of Incarnates
The people behind Tekken and Soul Calibur are working on a new F2P fighter called Rise of Incarnates. It’s due out on PC via Steam later this year, CVG reports, and takes inspiration from the Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme series. It will launch with four characters with more to be …
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