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Riddick studio wants to broaden strategy; Second project pitched to publishers
Read More »Zynga boss Pincus hints at Xbox deal
Farmville company wants to expand across platforms
Read More »The Old Republic gets free-to-play weekend
Players can climb up to level fifteen for free this weekend in BioWare's hit sci-fi MMO
Read More »F2P Summit early bird deadline nears
Hours left to save £100 on passes for free-to-play event
Read More »GDC: ‘Players hate buying virtual currency’
Team Fortress 2 revenues have increased 'by a factor of twelve' since going free-to-play, claims Valve programmer
Read More »Sony keen on free-to-play PSN growth
PlayStation’s digital publishing arm wants developers to pitch free-to-play games for PSN, an executive at the company has said. Ted Regulski, manager of SCEA Developer Relations, said Sony has changed its philosophy and is now open to any business model”. One thing we’re working on quite a lot is free-to-play,” …
Read More »GDC: Sony eager to publish free-to-play projects
Percentage of virtual item purchases on PSN described as 'extremely healthy'
Read More »F2P Summit adds Gree to list of speakers
Business development head to discuss 'why social mobile games need a new platform'
Read More »Dust 514 skips retail and goes free-to-play
Cover charge removed to 'avoid customer confusion'
Read More »Dust 514 WILL be free to download
Developer CCP has had a change of heart and confirmed that Dust 514 will be completely free to play. The studio had previously claimed that a cover charge” would be required to download the game, with the expense refunded in the form of in-game credits. However, speaking to Eurogamer executive …
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