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Dungeon Keeper creator slams free-to-play as UK devs welcome new rules from Office of Fair Trading
Read More »Mobile games: golden age idealism or gold rush cynicism?
Everyplay evangelist Oscar Clark discusses whether free-to-play is generating a golden age of game design
Read More »Read our exclusive interview with new OnLive boss Mark Jung in the latest MCV
With a new-look management team and two new business models, we find out why OnLive says it’s ready to win over gamers. In an exclusive interview, new OnLiveexecutive chairman Mark Jung guides us through the wave of changes at the cloud gaming company and why it believes it has finally …
Read More »TIGA calls on EU to adopt OFT’s in-app purchase principles
'It is important and welcome that the OFT is working with international partners to implement a consistent regulatory approach towards IAPs,' says Richard Wilson
Read More »It’s time to get our house in order on free-to-play
Free-to-play isn’t evil, but the practices that surround it are seriously questionable
Read More »European Union cracking down on free-to-play
Game industry told to commit to providing solutions 'within a clear timeframe so as to ensure proper consumer protection for apps customers'
Read More »EC questions use of ‘free’ in ‘free-to-play’
The ability to advertise free-to-play titles as ‘free’ is under threat thanks to a new European Commission initiative. The EC is meeting with consumer groups in the UK, France and Italy and major market players such as Apple and Google to discuss consumer concerns regarding the F2P market. Chief amongst …
Read More »"Just think of paying 99 cents just to get Mario to jump a little higher"
Hedge fund manager and Nintendo share holder Seth Fischer has urged Nintendo to move into the smartphone market. The Oasis Management founder said in a letter to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, as republished by The Wall Street Journal, that the platform holder is "well placed to make an immediate entry …
Read More »Why Peter Molyneux hates free-to-play and thinks Godus’ controls are ‘delicious’
Develop speaks to the Fable creator about his vision for mobile games, his Dungeon Keeper woes and the latest on Godus
Read More »Ex-CCP design director joins Bigpoint
Eve Online and Dust 514 designer Craig Scott has joined free-to-play studio Bigpoint to take the reigns on a new unannounced MMO. The studio announced the appointment on its site, with Bigpoint CEO Khaled Helioui stating that Scott will work on a new breed of MMO.” Scott’s CCP days saw …
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