Nintendo's first free-to-play game coming this fiscal year
Nintendo plans on releasing its very first free-to-play game before the end of its fiscal year in March 2014.
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Nintendo plans on releasing its very first free-to-play game before the end of its fiscal year in March 2014.
"No one cares about Team Fortress 2 since it became all about hats," an unpleasant caricature I've created for rhetorical effect snorts. Well, someone must, as Valve has now paid over $10 million to folks who've created items for sale in the free-to-play shooter's store. Yes, that's after its cut too. Lots of money. Lots of hats.
We said before that Trion Worlds planned to turn its MMORPG Rift free-to-play on this day but, you know, what sort of company expects people to remember things like that in the excitement of E3? But it has, and everyone can now play it as much as they please without paying a penny.
Hot on the tracks of yesterday's announcement that World of Tanks is coming to Xbox 360, developer Wargaming has dated the start of open beta testing for World of Warplanes. All and sundry will be able to play the free-to-play plane 'em up from July 2.
Killer Instinct will be free-to-play and offer only one free character at launch: Jago.
A brand new Tekken game is coming out exclusively on PlayStation 3 this week. And it will be free-to-play. Namco Bandai has announced the next...
Developer Wargaming is scrapping its current "pay to win" system in favor of a new model they are calling "free to win." The new monetization scheme is already started in its popular free-to-play World of Tanks, and is expected to carry through to the upcoming World of Warplanes and World of Warships.
Tetris Blitz is a fun, casual interpretation of the classic puzzle game, but competitive players won't appreciate the "pay to win" spirit of the in-app purchases.
Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate is going free-to-play. "Core Fighers" will be available on PS3 this September, and it will make the "core game" experience...
The world has more free-to-play MMORPGs than you can shake a stick at and most aren't interesting for long, but why not treat them like a tourist would? See the sights, join in local customs, then head off somewhere new. Add riding dragons in Dragon's Prophet to your itinerary, as Sony Online Entertainment today announced it'll enter open beta testing on May 30.