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MechWarrior Online developer Piranha Games has revealed the icy level Frozen City and its chilling effects on combat, with a video for you to look at and everything.

The Darkness II developer Digital Extremes has found steady work on the side as a multiplayer hired gun, brought in to jazz up the online offerings of other games. Now it's putting that expertise to work on a game of its own, free-to-play co-op FPS 'Warframe' for PC.

If you want to be certain you get into the closed beta test for CCP's free-to-play PS3 FPS Dust 514, you can now pony up $20 to get guaranteed beta access and a pack of in-game goodies. The EVE Online tie-in's first beta weekend event will kick off on June 28.

Crytek's CEO has stated that he'd love to see the TimeSplitters franchise return, though it'd likely be a free-to-play title, rather than a retail release.

David Jaffe talks about his new start-up and its first project: a free-to-play, browser-based third-person shooter.

Crysis developer Crytek is looking to break away from the boxed model of video games and forge a free-to-play future for itself. CEO Cevat Yerli explained at E3 that once Crytek's completed its contracted boxed games, it'll only make free-to-play games.

Lord of the Rings Online is getting its fourth major expansion, the Riders of Rohan, on September 5. Pre-purchasing the expansion nets you a few special perks and baubles.

The future of entertainment is, we all know, violent bloodsports--like video games, but with real people and on television. Giving us an early glimpse of this grim game is Bullet Run, a free-to-play FPS announced today by Sony Online Entertainment.

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory and Brink developer Splash Damage is wading into mobile waters with intriguing asynchronous turn-based tactical affair RAD Soldiers, cheerily described as "Guns With Friends."

If you can't get enough of Warhammer Online, then you'll want to try Wrath of Heroes, a new free-to-play PvP title in the Warhammer universe just entering open beta.

Sony Online Entertainment is sending yet another of its MMORPGs free-to-play, planning to open Vanguard: Saga of Heroes up to all this summer. SOE's also ramping up development a little, expanding the team to make new content.

At long last, the first first gameplay trailer for stompy free-to-play revival MechWarrior Online has been released. Yes indeedy there are plenty of lasers, missiles, cannons and explosions.

If you'd like to play Warface, and can stop giggling at the name 'Warface' for a few minutes, signups are now open for the closed beta test of Crytek's free-to-play PC shooter. There's also a new trailer showing off its player classes, and a nice stompy r

As CCP winds up to launch Dust 514 later this year, it's given the business model a shake-up. The PlayStation 3-exclusive EVE Online tie-in FPS will be entirely free-to-play, turning away from previous plans for a "cover charge."

The free-to-play launch of EverQuest will come almost exactly 13 years after the pioneering MMORPG's original release. Having launched on March 16, 1999 with a $10 monthly subscription (raised to $15 over time), it'll be going F2P on March 15, 2012.