Rock Band creator launches music-driven pet sim BeatNiks
Rock Band and Guitar Hero creator Harmonix taps the mobile market with BeatNiks, a music-driven virtual pet simulation for iOS and Android devices.
Xbox One game-creation toolkit Project Spark goes fully free to play
Project Spark, a sandbox-styled game creation toolkit for the Xbox One and PCs, is giving up its microtransaction-based revenue model next month.
The soul still burns: SoulCalibur: Lost Swords closes in November
SoulCalibur: Lost Swords, Bandai Namco's free-to-play fighting game for the PlayStation 3, will close down by the end of this year.
Blizzard’s Hearthstone rakes in more than $20 million a month
Blizzard's digital card game Hearthstone earns more than $20 million monthly in microtransaction revenue, research firm SuperData confirmed this week.
World of Tanks deploys for free on Xbox One
Wargaming's free-to-play, online multiplayer action game World of Tanks is now available for the Xbox One, following up on a successful Xbox 360 launch.
WildStar learns it’s 2015, transitions to free-to-play model
Starting this fall, the sci-fi MMO WildStar will be moving to a free-to-play model, but longtime subscribers won't be left out in the cold.
Struggling MMO WildStar could drop its subscription model, head to Steam in August
A new entry in the Steam database points to WildStar, which launched less than a year ago, dropping its monthly subscription fee and moving to Steam
‘Killer Instinct’ returns, and brings a new pricing model for console gaming with it
Microsoft has announced that it will give gamers three different ways to buy the upcoming title, "Killer Instinct."
Like it or hate it, Free-To-Play gaming is here to stay
The free-to-play model is is changing the face of the gaming industry, and it is very much here to stay.
Why Free-to-Play is a fad
The free-to-play model is just another model, and one that will fade away sooner or later.
From ‘Diablo’ to ‘Marvel Heroes,’ David Brevik is back to change gaming once again
David Brevik made a huge mark on the gaming industry when he helped to create Diablo. Now he's back with Marvel Heroes, and hopes to do it again.
Gratis grinding: Tera becomes a free to play MMO
Next month, En Masse Entertainment's massively multiplayer online roleplaying game Tera will join the ranks of MMOs that require no subscription fees.
Empire: Total War designer says free-to-play games lose 70 pct. of players
Games today are a service rather than a product, and one dev says game makers need to know audience habits when making free-to-play games.
Digital Blend: Wii U includes support for free-to-play games, Babel Rising allows you to punish heathens
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