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Revenues mushroomed from word-of-mouth buzz, Gabe Newell claims
Read More »Free Realms reaches ‘more than 20 million users’
SOE to celebrate milestone with promotional items and events for users
Read More »Beyond free-to-play: The future of game monetisation
Free has emerged as a dominant method for generating revenue from digital games, but it is only the beginning...
Read More »F2P games green-lit for PlayStation Vita
The thriving free-to-play monetisation model is coming to PlayStation Vita, a Sony executive has said. Chris Norden, a senior developer at SCEA, yesterday met attendees at an industry event in Texas to explain Sony’s policy. "You are free to explore whatever business model you want,” he said during his speaker …
Read More »Sony backs free-to-play business for Vita
PlayStation developer also assures retail games can launch simultaneously on PSN
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Capcom says freemium game has more than 15 million downloads worldwide
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Backbreaker studio smashes revenue records with its first freemium app
Read More »Free FPS on the way for PlayStation Home
Discussing its upcoming shift of focus for PlayStation Home, the platform holder has demoed a couple of the new titles heading to the service. And Shack News reports that one of them – Bootleggers – is a free-to-play fist person shooter that lets gamers take direct control of their Home …
Read More »Facebook Credits revenue ‘triples to $500m’
Social networking giant's mandatory 30% cut begins to pay off, analyst claims
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