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Diablo III’s Auction House Gets Comprehensive Details

Blizzard is getting ready to launch Diablo III later this month and, in order to clear things up about the controversial auction house feature, which allows players to sell loot either for virtual gold or real-world money, the studio has posted an extensive guide about the service. Diablo III is getting ready to app...

2 May 2012
18:21 GMT

Nintendo Not Interested in Free to Play for Wii U and DS

High-profile publishers like Electronic Arts and Ubisoft are now eager to get into the free-to-play and microtransaction-powered gaming space while Steam has just launched a new section that features them, but it seems that in the near future Nintendo is not interested in bringing any free-to-play titles to its conso...

16 June 2011
10:37 GMT

Some Players Spend 5,000 Dollars a Month on FIFA Ultimate Team

One of the big trends in video gaming during 2010, which will gain even more momentum this year, was the rise of microtransaction-based experiences, where players actually choose how involved they aim to be and how much they want to spend on a title. One of the companies that have focused on this emerging market h...

18 January 2011
04:07 GMT

World of Warcraft Seems Interested in Microtransactions

Blizzard has announced that World of Warcraft, the biggest subscription MMO in the world, is getting a Pet Store that will allow players to get in-game companions for the price of 10 dollars. The pets offer no clear gameplay benefit for those who buy them and are strictly cosmetic in nature. After the money is paid i...

5 November 2009
07:44 GMT

Petroglyph Announces MMO Project

Until recently, Petroglyph, which has some veterans of the now gone Westwood Studio, had only been developing strategy titles. Star Wars: Empire at War and its Forces of Corruption expansion were fun even though the tactical battles lacked depth and the overall strategic layer was somewhat repetitive. Universe a...

3 December 2008
14:41 GMT


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