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It seems a majority of videogame developers in the United Kingdom are worried that piracy is one of the biggest threats to their business and also believe that in the future, the problem will only get worse. The results are part of a survey commissioned by TIGA, the trade association representing the United Kingdom g... |
12 November 2009
04:10 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has announced that it plans to release a new update for Battlefield Heroes, called Heroes of the Fall, set to arrive on September 30. All those who have downloaded the free-to-play videogame and plan to play it should download the update, which comes packed with a fresh map, yet to be named.EA is also... |
29 September 2009
03:07 GMT |
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Three videogaming veterans have banded together to create a new development studio, called Antic Entertainment, and have already announced that their first videogame will be a real time action strategy title experienced in a free-to-play model, called Junk: Battles.The three founders of Antic are Fredrik Lijegren, wh... |
28 September 2009
03:38 GMT |
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The bulk of Microsoft's community gameplay has been lately secured by the 1 vs 100 multiplayer trivia game, based on a television show that first aired in the Netherlands as “Eén tegen 100” and was sponsored by their National Postal Code Lottery. Using the Xbox Live avatars, the game pits play... |
23 September 2009
04:05 GMT |
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The cartoon-ish, free online shooter Battlefield Heroes needed a little pick me up, so developer Electronic Arts Digital Illusions CE AB, or DICE like they like to be called, plans a huge update. Entitled Heroes of the Fall, the new project hasn't received an official release date, but it's probably somewhe... |
22 September 2009
13:51 GMT |
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Electronic Arts is one of the biggest publishers in the gaming industry and has made a name for itself by shamelessly releasing yearly iterations of its core franchises like Need For Speed, FIFA or Madden NFL and charging gamers full price even though the titles didn't bring any new and important things. But in... |
18 August 2009
13:11 GMT |
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A new study put together by Magid and Associates shows that about 12% of the American citizens that it has interviewed bought virtual goods in the last 12 months. The study is called “A Closer Look At Virtual Worlds, Virtual Goods, Microtransactions & Downloadable Content” and it took into account the opi... |
3 August 2009
04:29 GMT |
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Yesterday, a new MechWarrior videogame was announced, with Piranha Games and Smith & Tinker handling the development, described as being a reboot of the series that would focus on the mech to mech combat that made the series exciting in the first place. And now it seems that MekTek.net is set to allow gamers to downl... |
10 July 2009
05:54 GMT |
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Funcom is launching yet another campaign designed to bring back players who have left its MMO, Age of Conan. The company is saying that all those who have had an active account in the game can now log in and reactivate it in order to get two weeks worth of free play time, during which they can enjoy the title and wit... |
10 July 2009
03:57 GMT |
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Turbine provoked a minor stir in the world of MMOs and role playing gamers by announcing that Dungeons & Dragons Online, which was initially released in 2006 and aimed to replicate the pen and paper experience of the game in an online environment, would be adopting a free to play model during the summer.The developer... |
9 July 2009
03:27 GMT |
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In the gaming industry, we've seen quite a lot of trends appear and disappear just as fast. But one of them, which is seemingly here to stay, consists of the micro-transaction-based online titles. We've seen quite a few experiments in this field by Electronic Arts, which has already released Battlefield Her... |
7 July 2009
15:01 GMT |
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2K Sports has always held the second place in the sports games race, which has been dominated by EA Sports. So, it needs to offer some pretty good and innovative concepts in order to gain ground on the dominating force of the market.One such innovative idea has just been announced, as the company is saying that NBA 2... |
25 June 2009
05:24 GMT |
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Turbine is saying that it plans to make Dungeons & Dragons Online for the PC free to play via an update that should be announced during this summer. The MMO has until now been subscription-based, with one month of play time costing the gamer no less than 14.95 dollars. The numbers for Dungeons & Dragons Online have n... |
11 June 2009
13:11 GMT |
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Phenomic, as the developer of the title, and Electronic Arts, as the publisher, are announcing that their BattleForge real time strategy title, which is playable exclusively online, has become free to play. All those players who are interested in the title can click a button called Play 4 Free on the website of the g... |
29 May 2009
12:41 GMT |
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Funcom has been mainly associated with its big budget Age of Conan MMO lately but, as the project exposes its limits, the company has sought to also develop other projects that can complement it. Funcom is seeing a lot of growth in the market of the free to play MMO and it has at least two projects in development at ... |
19 May 2009
03:06 GMT |
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It seems that gamers everywhere liked the fact that they could play Unreal Tournament 3 for free during the last weekend. There are reports saying that the number of players (non bots) on the online servers for the first person shooter has gone up by more than 2,000%.This is great for the people at Epic Games, becaus... |
13 March 2009
17:51 GMT |
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Sony Online Entertainment has stated that Free Realms, the MMO set to be free while offering casual players and families a medium in which they can enjoy a variety of activities, has entered the closed beta stage, meaning that, for the first time, players from outside the company can directly experience the content o... |
2 March 2009
13:41 GMT |
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Tabula Rasa no longer exists. The MMO, created by NCsoft, failed to attract enough players to be economically viable and was taken offline at the end of February. But the developer chose to go out in style.A post on the official site of Tabula Rasa details how humanity is getting ready to perform a last stand against... |
2 March 2009
06:44 GMT |
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World of Warcraft has been seen, since its launch, as the MMO which managed to find the right formula. It blended solo action with player versus players engagements, while also providing a deep and engaging storyline and a good background for all those interested. The pricing model of the game has also been a balance... |
14 October 2008
19:51 GMT |
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American McGee's Alice is still considered one of the craziest and most twisted games ever released, a must-play for every gamer in the world. After the success recorded by Alice, the game designer worked on two other titles, Scrapland (a mediocre game) and Bad Day in LA, a total failure, criticized by every gam... |
1 August 2008
12:06 GMT |
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How do you feel about MMOs and having to pay a subscription each month to play them? Developers seem to know that there are some gamers out there that would like their online multiplayer experiences to be free of subscription, supported through advertising, micro-transactions or a combination of the two. There are cu... |
25 June 2008
02:41 GMT |
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Many people thought that the Wild West and westerns were history, but we all know that does not matter at all when it comes to computer and video games. The proof is Tenderfoot Games' title Wild West Online: Gunfighter, a game that manages to bring back to life the history-rich American Western world. Even more,... |
9 June 2008
05:45 GMT |
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The MI6 Marketing Conference, that takes place in San Francisco and concentrates on the business side of games development, featured a lengthy panel discussion about the MMO business modes and the potential for growth that free-to-play games could have in the near future.The most important speakers were Daniel James ... |
9 April 2008
16:06 GMT |
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