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Action game ditches pay-up-front model after poor critical and commercial reception
Read More »Tank! Tank! Tank! goes free to play on Wii U
Nintendo has made good on its promise to broaden its digital software offer by making Namco Bandai’s Tank! Tank! Tank! Free to play. The game has failed to perform commercially, not least because of the critical mauling that saw it win a Metacritic average of just 45 per cent. Gamers …
Read More »Crytek to be F2P only ‘in two-to-five years’
Studio investigating potential for business model on consoles
Read More »Crytek wants to be the king of new hardcore free-to-play market
Crysis developer Crytek foresees a future for the company where none of its titles make it to retail. That’s because the German developer wants to become the leader in what it believes is the emerging hardcore free-to-play space, with its own Gface platform at the centre of it – much …
Read More »Free-to-play pioneer Outspark faces closure
Company behind Fiesta online reduced to core team and may be dissolved
Read More »Kongregate: Core players more valuable than casual
Average paying user spending as much as $60 per month on free-to-play platform, says Jim Greer
Read More »SOE prepares to close down free-to-play FPS Bullet Run after just 7 months
Free-to-play FPS Bullet Run is to be closed down on March 8th. Sony Online Entertainment’s PC shooter only went live in August, but billing for the title has already been cancelled with any outstanding subscription charges having been refunded. Developer Acony will retain the rights to the code, but SOE …
Read More »Gree launches $10 million mobile investment fund
Developers to receive at least $1 million each and gain access to tools and post-launch support
Read More »Free-to-play MMO shooter DDTank launched on Gamiction
ChangYou has launched a new turn-based MMO shooter on its recently launched online gaming platform, Gamiction. DDTank is free to play and is accessible through the browser, requiring no downloads. The game features turn-based gameplay, with players able to level up and use power-ups. The game does include a store, …
Read More »Kabam revenues exceed $200m
Social games maker looks to be another IPO candidate
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