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CCP’s popular MMO space sim EVE Online is dropping its compulsory subscription fees. The developer describes the move as one of the biggest changes to the EVE universe ever, exponentially and aggressively fuelling the boundless potential of EVE’s greatest game content – its players”. From November players will be split …
Read More »F2P Survival of the Fittest is being folded back into Ark: Survival Evolved
Ark: Survival Evolved’s free-to-play spin-off Survival of the Fittest is being reintegrated into the main game. On a technical level it will still exist as its own game, and those who have already played it will not have to buy the main game to continue. The change will enable developer …
Read More »Warner launches free-to-play Batman: Arkham mobile game
Publisher Warner Bros has released a new entry in the Batman: Arkham series. Entitled Batman: Arkham Underworld, the title is coming to mobile platforms and is free-to-play. It’s been developed by Warner Bros’ Turbine studio. It’s out for iOS – no word on an Android version as of yet. The …
Read More »Evolve’s player count shoots up 26,000% since free-to-play transition
The decision to move Evolve from a premium to free-to-play business model appears to be giving the team shooter a new lease of life. The game’s player base has increased by a whopping 26,000 per cent since its transition to a free-to-play model. Evolve had around 200 players when the …
Read More »Lord of the Rings Online studio Turbine hit by ‘significant’ layoffs
Warner Bros ascribes job losses to transition into free-to-play, mobile outlet
Read More »Turtle Rock turns Evolve free-to-play to ‘get the magic back’ after ‘DLC shitstorm’
Asymmetric multiplayer shooter launched in early 2015 to mixed reviews largely surrounding implementation of extra characters and maps
Read More »Evolve is going free-to-play on PC
The speculation was correct – online shooter Evolve is dropping its upfront price on PC. A F2P beta is due to go live today, with the idea being to test server loads and experiment with new ideas on what sounds like could be the long path to full release. Those …
Read More »‘There needs to be more premium mobile games,’ urges Square Enix CEO
Yosuke Matsuda explains: ‘It wouldn’t be good for that market to consist entirely of free-to-play’
Read More »Kabam acquires Dawn of Steel studio Superweapon
Buyout of dev formed by EA and Zynga vets bolsters free-to-play firm’s LA mobile team
Read More »‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’: ArcticPlay on going ‘free forever’ with Hoodrip
ArcticPlay commercial director Totti Nyberg explains why the studio adopted a completely new approach to free-to-play for the mobile skateboarding title
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