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Free-to-play jetpacking MMOFPS Firefall will enter open beta on July 9, developer Red 5 Studios announced today. It'll essentially be in a launch-ish state, with the in-game item store live and everything, but Red 5 wants more feedback and to give the servers a good testing before officially going live.
The Alliance archmage Jaina Proudmoore and former Horde Warchief Thrall have a mutual respect and trust with each other in the Warcraft universe, but that doesn't keep them from facing off in a new video showing Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft in action.
Ridge Racer: Driftopia is a free-to-play game coming from Bugbear, coming later this year.
The iOS version of Injustice: Gods Among Us brings a distinct style to the mobile fighting realm that's worth trying out. Unfortunately, several free-to-play tropes prove to be this game's Kryptonite.
We've been through a retro pixel revival, but I fancy the return of a graphical style which means a lot more to me: big chunky old polygons. Right up my alley is Minimum, a free-to-play shooter from TimeGate studios, creator of the Section 8 games and, ah, co-developer of Aliens: Colonial Marines. But look, lovely big blocky robots and dinosaurs!
Not everyone is happy with the way F2P games are being monetized. Bennett Foddy, creator of games like QWOP and GIRP, gave five reasons for why free-to-play games "usually suck," and offered his own suggestions on possibly making them suck less.
Tekken Card Tournament, the collectible card game based on the popular fighting series, has launched for iOS, Android, and PC (browsers).
After it was revealed that Doom 3: BFG would not be shipping with the Oculus Rift, another game had to step forward to be the pack in for the VR goggles once they shipped to retail. Adhesive Games' Hawken accepted the challenge.
While the rise of the MOBA has been a fascinating one, it's a shame that so few bandwagon-hoppers have tried to do anything particularly new with it. Or come up with a better name. The Creative Assembly today threw its hat in the general direction of the battle arena, announcing Total War: Arena, which does try something new. The free-to-play PC game will see 10v10 matches where each player controls three units.
Bigpoint is working on a military-themed MOBA that goes after the Call of Duty and Battlefield crowd.
