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Entries in ‘free-to-play’ (207)

Happy Wars gets 1.2m downloads on XBLA
19th December 2012, 7:58am

News: Happy Wars gets 1.2m downloads on XBLA

First free-to-play Xbox 360 game looks to prove viability of business model on console

Smedley: Zynga has done F2P a 'terrible disservice'
18th December 2012, 2:00pm

News: Smedley: Zynga has done F2P a 'terrible disservice'

SOE president criticises social game developer for creating 'monetisation products'

Hawken dev wants to be vanguard of core F2P gaming
13th December 2012, 3:29pm

News: Hawken dev wants to be vanguard of core F2P gaming

'We will never exploit our players', says Meteor CEO Mark Long

EA launches Origin Free To Play
13th December 2012, 1:57pm

News: EA launches Origin Free To Play

Play4Free games portal integrated into digital distribution platform

Hawken: The mech's generation
13th December 2012, 1:18pm

Features: Hawken: The mech's generation

Develop catches up with the Hawken team pushing triple-A into the future

Valve opens Steam Community Market
13th December 2012, 5:47am

News: Valve opens Steam Community Market

Beta allows customers to buy and sell in-game merchandise with their Steam Wallet

Crytek's Gface to be an open platform
12th December 2012, 8:10am

News: Crytek's Gface to be an open platform

Social platform for games open to third-party developers, says Cevat Yerli

Ben Cousins' mobile studio named Scattered
6th December 2012, 5:00pm

News: Ben Cousins' mobile studio named Scattered

First title to be console-quality FPS for mobile devices

Adhesive breaks open Hawken beta
6th December 2012, 1:55pm

News: Adhesive breaks open Hawken beta

Community members get access to much anticipated PC shooter

Bigpoint passes 300 million registered users
6th December 2012, 10:35am

News: Bigpoint passes 300 million registered users

MMO giant holding competition for new and current users

Has Eyeo put paid to freemium?
5th December 2012, 12:00pm

News: Has Eyeo put paid to freemium?

Intel Developer Blog: A look at the impact ad-blocking software could have on free-to-play

Kongregate now supports downloadable titles
29th November 2012, 8:06am

News: Kongregate now supports downloadable titles

Browser gaming site to help developers promote and monetise free-to-play games

Ed Fries: Consoles can't ignore Apple model
27th November 2012, 11:56am

News: Ed Fries: Consoles can't ignore Apple model

Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft must respond to the free-to-play model, says Ouya adviser

Crytek shooter Warface garners 5m users in Russia
23rd November 2012, 4:31pm

News: Crytek shooter Warface garners 5m users in Russia

Free-to-play title set to be released in North America and Western Europe 'in the near future'

Decker: Less than 20% of F2P users typically pay
22nd November 2012, 11:07am

News: Decker: Less than 20% of F2P users typically pay

LGC12: Customers that spend $1 are three times more likely to spend extra money

70% of free-to-play users leave after first day
21st November 2012, 6:25pm

News: 70% of free-to-play users leave after first day

LGC12: EA Play4Free VP Sean Decker shares his secrets and advice for being an F2P success

Harrison: I used to envy Xbox Live
21st November 2012, 4:57pm

News: Harrison: I used to envy Xbox Live

LGC12: Former SCE Worldwide Studios boss and current Xbox man also details the future of 'New London Studio'

Big Fish expanding into free-to-play
16th November 2012, 1:20pm

News: Big Fish expanding into free-to-play

Former PlayFirst exec Chris Williams joins developer as GM of F2P

The Old Republic goes free-to-play
16th November 2012, 10:53am

News: The Old Republic goes free-to-play

New microtransactions and virtual currency system options implemented into MMO

Mixamo building 'free-to-play' animation tool Fuse
15th November 2012, 2:55pm

News: Mixamo building 'free-to-play' animation tool Fuse

Company to allow community to create its own marketplace of developer-created assets for tech

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