Tales of Phantasia strikes iOS with aggressive in-app purchases
Tales of Phantasia is a classic RPG ruined by modern monetization schemes.
Report: Nintendo to distribute demos on mobile devices
"The reasoning here is to give smartphone--only players a taste of the experience without making the actual game available on non-Nintendo devices and convert these users into Nintendo customers."
Sony Online's next game 'dedicated' to Star Wars Galaxies
"SWG PLAYERS - OUR NEXT GAME (not announced yet) IS DEDICATED TO YOU. Once we launch it... you can come home now."
Europa Universalis IV: Wealth of Nations expansion announced, coming Spring
Paradox Interactive is expanding their most critically acclaimed game yet with a second expansion. Wealth of Nations is the next expansion for...
SOE All Access membership to replace game subscriptions in April
While Sony Online Entertainment's MMOs are free-to-play, the company offers subscriptions, entitling players to a number of benefits. Starting April, the company plans on doing away with game subscriptions, giving all paid members access to premium content across all of their games.
Free Realms, Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, and Wizardry Online to end
Online games eventually come to an end. For a number of Sony Online Entertainment's games, that time is sooner than later. Four games will be "sunset," so that the company can "refocus our resources on other areas in the best interest of our company and player community."
See Matt Stone and Trey Parker's original hand-drawn South Park game pitch
A new behind-the-scenes video goes into detail on how Stone and Parker approached developer Obsidian Entertainment without finding a publisher first and reveals the pitch they drew themselves.
