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Rovio has been teasing Angry Birds Go! since June, but only today finally confirmed what everyone suspected: it's a kart racer. Arriving on December 11, it'll send birds and pigs kareening downhill, collecting coins and power-ups. Like with Angry Birds Star Wars II, you can ...

Magicka: Wizard Wars is Paradox North's PvP take on the magic-combining franchise. Originally planned for a 2014 release on PC, the developer has decided to launch the free-to-play game into public alpha via Steam Early Access today.

Trendy Entertainment has decided to drop the MOBA-like features in Dungeon Defenders 2, refocusing its efforts on tower defense in response to fan wishes.

Sony's free-to-play Vita RPG Destiny of Spirits will begin its closed beta on October 24.

Whenever a new subscription-based MMORPG launches, one can't help but wonder when it'll go free-to-play, ditching subs and whacking in microtransactions. It's quite curious to see the reverse, but Allods Online is trying just that. The F2P MMORPG has launched an optional sub...

Ubisoft has acquired the F2P mobile developer Future Games of London, creator of the Hungry Shark franchise.

Perhaps the most impressive of Namco Bandai's upcoming free-to-play efforts is Ace Combat Infinity for PS3.

"It's important to have young fans," Harada explained to us. "Because they'll become interested in future projects from us." Ultimately, that will prove more valuable than making a quick buck, the company believes.

RuneScape developer Jagex has announced a new "Pay-through-Play" model for the long-running MMO, letting players buy "Bonds" that can be traded and spent on premium content.

Microsoft announced back at E3 2012 that it was bringing a free-to-play action-RPG to Xbox Live Arcade, then seemed to forget about it. Well, Ascend: Hand of Kul quietly launched yesterday, so give it a go if you fancy murdering monsters without paying a penny, at least to c...

Square Enix confirmed in June that it was working on a free-to-play game set in the Legacy of Kain universe, but didn't have much to say about it. Today the publisher finally revealed Nosgoth as a competitive multiplayer game of humans vs. vampires, coming to PC.

Capcom has announced that its upcoming online dungeon crawler will be free-to-play on PS4.

You Don't Know Jack Party has been released, a free-to-play game that focuses on using multiple screens as the display and controllers.

Final Fantasy Agito, a free-to-play mobile RPG coming to Japan this winter, will definitely be localized according to the game's director. However, that doesn't necessarily guarantee a domestic release.

SingStar may already be available as a free-to-play app on PlayStation 3, but it isn't much more than a glorified storefront to download songs. That's merely the first phase in Sony's plans to transform the SingStar brand.