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Dota 2 documentary Free to Play had over 5.5m viewers over this past weekend, according to Valve. The company revealed the figure in a statement released this week, further claiming the numbers make it one of the largest debuts of any documentary film.” Free to Play – created internally at …
Read More »Ouya ditches free requirement
Kellee Santiago admits free element had proven restrictive for some developers
Read More »Ouya ditching free demo requirement, offering up OS for other hardware
The Ouya team has announced a couple of initiatives that it hopes will bring relevance to the struggling console. Eurogamer reports that head of developer relations Kellee Santiago told a GDC audience that Ouya is removing the need for devs to include a free-to-play demo of all titles uploaded to …
Read More »Obsidian announces its own F2P World of Tanks rival
Obsidian Entertainment believes its new online military combat title can hold its own against Wargaming’s world-dominating World of Tanks. Announced today at GDC, Armored Warfare is an PC title that puts players in command of modern day tanks and pits them against other players, or against AI-controlled enemies in a …
Read More »Gameloft nets £161m in profit in 2013
Free-to-play comes good for French mobile firm as sales rise to £195m
Read More »Free-to-play shooter Ghost Recon Phantoms launches next month
Ubisoft’s free-to-play shooter Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Online will officially release next month, the publisher has announced. The game will launch on Steam April 10th, under the new title Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Phantoms. The rename is to mark the game’s shift in art direction, revamped matchmaking system, and other …
Read More »MakieLab to speak at next F2P Summit
Co-founders Alice Taylor and Sulka Haro will discuss their upcoming free-to-play title
Read More »UKIE: EU Commission must talk to games industry over F2P controversy
The EU Commission must talk to UK games firms before taking drastic action against the controversial free-to-play business model, says UKIE. The microtransation model has come under fire in recent months, facing accusations of misleading customers, particularly children, over the real cost of ‘free’ games. It sparked an investigation by …
Read More »App Store search results now display in-app purchase warnings
iOS firm reacts to increased scrutiny on free-to-play games
Read More »F2P must stop ‘grooming children’, says Molyneux
Fable creator Peter Molyneux has warned that brutal” and greedy” free-to-play mechanics are inviting government legislation, something he believes will be detrimental to the industry. Speaking to MCV’s sister month Develop, the veteran developer once again discussed his disappointment at the brutality” of the free-to-play mechanics in the new Dungeon …
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