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That upcoming free-to-play Nintendo game? Let out a sigh of relief. We knew the company wouldn't tamper with Mario or Pokemon for its monetization experiment, sure, but we now know which property is going free-to-play and eve...
| Jordan Devore |
It's a bit weird when games that are so widely played and enjoyed shed their beta tag and are "released." I mean, I've dumped almost 400 hours into Dota 2, and it's technically not "out" yet. Anywho, Valve has finally confirm...
| Patrick Hancock |
A familiar site at every E3 for the past few years has been a giant tank sitting just outside West Hall of the LA Convention Center. Wargaming has been constantly promoting its free-to-play tank shooter World of Tanks, and th...
| Tony Ponce |
As we all know, freemium models tend to do more harm than good if they're not well designed. There's a very fine line between "wanting to monetize your game" and driving players away, and in the Canadian beta for Ultima Forev...
| Chris Carter |
Nintendo is apparently gearing up to launch a free-to-play game this fiscal year (which ends March 2014), as announced at E3 during an analyst briefing. Evidently the game has been ruled out as a Mario or Pokemon game, and it...
| Chris Carter |
Ubisoft is celebrating E3 by giving away free in-game real money currency for Anno Online players -- the newest free-to-play city-building from developer Blue Byte. All you have to do is log in, go to your My P...
| Chris Carter |
Earlier today, it was reported that Killer Instinct for the Xbox One would be completely free-to-play, thus putting a rather large, nasty elephant in the room of an otherwise positive prospect. But it appears as if Doubl...
| Chris Carter |
This is damn ridiculous. When does it all end, Microsoft? When does it all end? I've just returned from a special Microsoft event where select members of the press could sample Xbox One titles before the E3 show floor opens. ...
| Tony Ponce |
The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot made an appearance today at Ubisoft's E3 press conference. An asynchronous multiplayer game about stealing treasure from your neighbors whilst protecting your own stash, Epic Loot is currently i...
| Kyle MacGregor |
Compliments of a GameTrailers TV reveal, Destiny of Spirits was unveiled exclusively for the PlayStation Vita today at E3. It will be developed by Q Entertainment, otherwise known as the esteemed developer of the Lumines and Rez series. Not much is known right now about the game, other than the fact that it'll utilize free-to-play mechanics with "music and card battling" gameplay.
| Chris Carter |
PlayStation 4 is getting a big free-to-play coup with Blacklight Retribution, a game I have spoken very highly of in the past. It's an excellent game that proves free-to-play doesn't have to be a time-wasting money-grub, and...
| Jim Sterling |
Late last year, erstwhile EVE Online executive producer Jon Lander proclaimed -- perhaps emboldened by his own game's impending ten-year anniversary -- that CCP had "a five-year roadmap" for the recently-released free-to-play...
| Joseph Leray |
Sidescrolling action RPG ChronoBlade was always slated for browsers (Flash-based, free-to-play), but today we can reveal that it is also coming to Ouya. In fact, a demo will come to Ouya's Discover store as early as this Fri...
| Dale North |
Firefall will be having its final beta weekend starting at 12:00 PM Pacific this Friday. As with most events like this, there is a new trailer for the game, but it's far from normal. It's some combination of a cooking show, ...
| Joshua Derocher |
In a recent question-and-answer session with Gamasutra, World of Tanks developer Wargaming.net shared that it has decided to drop all "pay-to-win" microtransactions, a common issue facing the free market, from its current gam...
| Joshua Derocher |
Every so often, a patch hits the original DOTA that changes a million things all at once. Then, about a week later, that patch hits Dota 2. These patches are infrequent enough to get used to them, yet frequent enough to ...
| Patrick Hancock |
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