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Many folk expected Blizzard’s upcoming team shooter Overwatch to be a free-to-play title. These folk were wrong. As well as revealing the game will be coming to PS4 and Xbox One as well as PC, the developer has also confirmed that the Standard Edition of the game on PC will …
Read More »The choppy waters of free-to-play monetisation
As monetising free-to-play games grows ever more complex, Develop takes a look at the role of data, brands and ads in generating revenue
Read More »Glu hires EA’s Tim Wilson
Industry veteran moves to mobile firm as chief technology officer
Read More »Bandai Namco’s Rise of Incarnates is being shut down
Another one of Bandai Namco’s free-to-play titles is being abandoned. The publisher has announced that Rise of Incarnates will be terminated on December 15th 2015. The game’s currency is, as of today, no longer available to download. We must regretfully inform all users of the closure of Rise of Incarnates. …
Read More »Bethesda ‘has concerns’ about the quality of free-to-play shooter Battlecry
It seems that things aren’t going completely as planned for Bethesda’s upcoming free-to-play third-person shooter Battlecry. After a big reveal in May of last year, the multiplayer-focused title has remained primarily out of the spotlight. There were plans for a closed beta (which eventually failed to take place) and a …
Read More »VIDEO: Avoiding a F2P Flop – The Analytics Approach
DeltaDNA discusses how to make the best use of your player behaviour data to ensure your game's success
Read More »Robot wars: Free-to-play PC hit Robocraft, two years after launch
From The Terminator to Titanfall, it’s impossible to escape the impending robot apocalypse. Droids have long held a special place in the public conscience – just look at the recent excitement surrounding the reveal of a toy based on upcoming Star Wars gizmo BB-8. So it’s perhaps little surprise to …
Read More »Frozen Free Fall comes to PC, Playstation and Xbox platforms
Disney Interactive has made its mobile free-to-play puzzle game Frozen Free Fall: Snowball Fight available on PC via Steam, as well as PlayStation and Xbox consoles. The match-3 title is now available for PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Windows platforms. The new console and PC version features 195 …
Read More »State of Decay studio shutting down free-to-play RPG Moonrise
State of Decay developer Undead Labs has announced its RPG Moonrise will shut down at the end of this year. A post on thestudio’s blogreveals the title is having trouble retaining users in its preview phase on iOS and Steam, and plans have been made for its closure on December …
Read More »Niantic Labs bringing free-to-play Pokemon game to mobile
Location-based title coming to smartphones next year
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