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The ArenaNet development team working on Guild Wars 2 says that the only way for the MMO genre to develop is for developers to stop copying the successful ideas of previous titles and create new, viable structures for their own products.
Christopher Lye, who is the global brand director working at ArenaNet, told Gam... |
22 May 2012
17:31 GMT |
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Ever since The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion was launched, fans of the universe that Bethesda created have been wondering how long it would take for it to be used as the basis for an MMO experience that would use the all the races and the provinces that players have explored or read about.When Oblivion was launched in 2... |
12 May 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Despite the growing popularity of the free-to-play and microtransaction-based business model for MMOs, at least one analyst believes that the upcoming The Elder Scrolls Online, from ZeniMax Online and Bethesda, will use a subscription model when it is released during 2013 and will then make a move to a free experienc... |
11 May 2012
04:57 GMT |
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Video game publisher and hardware developer Microsoft has announced that it has introduced the Xbox 360 bundle priced at 99 dollars (75.9 Euro) in its own Microsoft Stores in North America as part of a pilot program that might be extended to other retailers as long as it is successful. For the new bundle gamers need... |
8 May 2012
04:21 GMT |
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A source has told IGN that Sony has plans to introduce a tiered subscription system for its PlayStation Plus service, allowing customers to choose which kind of content they are interested in and pay just for that.
PlayStation Plus delivers extra content for those who have a PlayStation Network account and allows th... |
3 May 2012
05:53 GMT |
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Video game developer BioWare and publisher Electronic Arts have announced three offers for those who are playing the MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic, as long as they manage to reach certain criteria before certain dates. High-level players, meaning those who have an active level 50 character will get 30 days of free... |
13 April 2012
02:57 GMT |
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Rift, one of the MMOs that was widely tipped as a challenger for World of Warcraft, has increased its success by transitioning from a time to a level-limited trial period.
Jim Butler, who is the core marketing executive at Trion Worlds, has stated, “The numbers clearly show that it’s working.”
He ... |
3 April 2012
04:11 GMT |
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The subscription numbers for the Blizzard made World of Warcraft have been dropping steadily for some time, reaching a low of 10 million coming from a high of 12, and it seems that the development team has thought about offering more free-to-play content for players in order to reverse the trend.
John Lagrave, who i... |
21 March 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has admitted that it’s currently considering the implementation of subscription models into some of its games, while emphasizing that it’s not really trying to compete with Activision’s Call of Duty series.
Call of Duty Elite was launched last year as a subscription-based service th... |
16 March 2012
19:31 GMT |
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A report coming from market research firm DFC Intelligence has stated that Star Wars: The Old Republic, the MMO from developer BioWare and publisher Electronic Arts, has the potential to remain successful in the long term while using the subscription business mode, despite a general weakness when it comes to the viab... |
5 March 2012
16:51 GMT |
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The MMO World of Warcraft is the most successful subscription-based game in the world and the development team in charge of it at Blizzard says that they are still dealing with the consequences of its remarkable success.
Frank Pearce, who is one of the co-founders of Blizzard, stated at the 2012 DICE conference that... |
10 February 2012
13:21 GMT |
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Stephen Toulouse, who is known to gamers as “Stepto” and is the director of policy and enforcement for the Xbox Live service from Microsoft, has announced that he is planning to leave his post in two weeks in order to explore a number of other opportunities.
Toulouse said that his job was to give Xbox Li... |
6 February 2012
15:11 GMT |
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Sony has announced that EverQuest is set to go free-to-play after 14 years of being a subscription-based MMO.
In a letter addressed to the gaming community, Thom Terrazas, who is the leading producer working on the MMO, stated, “I’m happy to announce that in early March 2012, EverQuest will be going free... |
31 January 2012
07:03 GMT |
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The subscription based MMO is not yet disappearing but the success of the free-to-play model has forced developers to offer players options when it comes to their favorite online experiences, according to a representative of developer Turbine.
Speaking to Eurogamer Adam Mersky, who is the leading executive at Turbin... |
31 January 2012
04:57 GMT |
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The new Elite subscription service for the Call of Duty series is, according to the developers working on the first-person shooter franchise, a way of offering the player base options and differentiating between the hardcore crowd and the casual players.
Speaking to Kotaku, Robert Bowling, the main creative director... |
25 January 2012
20:41 GMT |
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Star Wars: The Old Republic, the new MMO from developer BioWare and publisher Electronic Arts, might only have been launched for less than one month but investors are already looking at it as a sign that the subscription based MMO market has life left in it.Colin Sebastian, an analyst who watches the video game marke... |
5 January 2012
07:31 GMT |
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BioWare has once again talked about free-to-play games by saying that, while these titles can’t fully replace subscription-based games, like its most recent Star Wars: The Old Republic, they do provide ample opportunities, with the studio teasing an unannounced project that’s based on a classic property ... |
29 December 2011
15:51 GMT |
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Analysts seem to have come to the consensus that the MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic, which was developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts, has managed to have a successful launch and shows the strength of the subscription based multiplayer online market.Colin Sebastian, who is an analyst who watches the v... |
28 December 2011
04:21 GMT |
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The analysis firm Lazard Capital Markets has revealed a study which shows that World of Warcraft, the biggest subscription based MMO in the gaming world, could lose between 900,000 and 1.6 million active players in late December, when Star Wars: The Old Republic from developer BioWare and publisher Electronic Arts wi... |
23 November 2011
20:31 GMT |
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Blizzard has revealed that the number of subscribers for its World of Warcraft MMORPG has continued to decrease since earlier this year, now reaching 10.3 million, registering a 10 percent drop that translated in more than 800,000 people deactivating their subscriptions to the online game.World of Warcraft is by far ... |
10 November 2011
14:31 GMT |
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A new report called the MMO Games Market Report from analysis firm Newzoo is showing that most of the MMO players in the United States are playing browser based experiences while also spending money on client based experiences.The report also shows that 47 percent of all MMO spending on the United States market, whic... |
10 November 2011
09:06 GMT |
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Users of the fring mobile application can now benefit from Unlimited calling to a number of 40 countries all around the world for only $7/month.
Fring has just announced the availability of fringOut’s monthly subscription with the said unlimited calling into the mix, adding that the option is available for the... |
31 October 2011
15:11 GMT |
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Blizzard, after unveiling the massive Mists of Pandaria expansion for World of Warcraft, confirmed another interesting detail about the online role playing game and a new Annual Pass subscription program, which gives loyal players a free copy of Diablo III, the studio's next big game.World of Warcraft, while sti... |
24 October 2011
18:01 GMT |
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After a very long wait, which included rumors about further delays, the developers at the Austin studio of BioWare and the executives at publisher Electronic Arts have announced that Star Wars: The Old Republic will be launched this year, on December 20 in the United States and two days later in Europe.This is good n... |
8 October 2011
05:41 GMT |
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A representative from video game developer Blizzard has denied rumors that the company planned to unveil its new MMO project, codenamed Titan, at the upcoming BlizzCon 2011 event.The representative says that Blizzard is working on a new project, which the gaming world has known for a long time, but that an announceme... |
30 September 2011
05:51 GMT |
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BioWare, the developer of the upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO, has talked about subscription models and how they're still a good strategy for premium online games, instead of adopting the new free-to-play business model.Sony Online Entertainment's president, John Smedley, called Star Wars: The Old ... |
30 September 2011
05:15 GMT |
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In a rather surprising move, BioWare, LucasArts and Electronic Arts, the three companies behind the upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO have finally confirmed a release date for the online RPG, which is December 20, for North American users, and December 22, for Europe.Star Wars: The Old Republic has been a long... |
24 September 2011
09:10 GMT |
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Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has announced that the new Elite subscription service for the Call of Duty series will cost a gamer 49.99 dollars for one year, which is a little more than 4 dollars for one month.The service is set to be launched at the same time as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, the first p... |
5 September 2011
17:51 GMT |
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GameFly has announced that it will be launching a new digital delivery system for video games this holiday season which will allow those who subscribe to get titles for unlimited play as long as they pay a monthly fee.Those who are at the moment subscribing to the GameFly game discs-by-mail service will be also given... |
10 August 2011
10:44 GMT |
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The PC gaming space has recently seen a big increase in the number of video games, especially those who are heavily oriented towards multiplayer, that are ditching subscriptions and adopting a free-to-play model with the potential for microtransactions.
But at least one major executive believes that the same model... |
2 August 2011
15:01 GMT |
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EA Sports is one of the most important divisions of video game publisher Electronic Arts, creating game series like FIFA, Madden and Tiger Woods, and it seems that at some point in the future players might have the option of paying a monthly subscriptions in order to enjoy their sports simulations instead of paying e... |
26 July 2011
17:41 GMT |
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Video game publisher Activision Blizzard and the development teams at Infinity Ward and Beachhead, which have been working on the Call of Duty Elite service, have announced that the beta stage for it will no longer be launched on the PC.
This means that those who are interested in getting a sneak peek at Elite wil... |
18 July 2011
04:59 GMT |
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The LEGO Group has announced that it plans to introduce a free to play option to the LEGO Universe MMO, designed to make the game more accessible to those who love to create complex stuff out of virtual bricks.The free to play options will allow gamers to try out the experience before they commit to a paid membership... |
22 June 2011
04:59 GMT |
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Even more new details about Call of Duty Elite have been revealed, this time coming from the director of Activision's Beachhead studio, which is hard at work getting the new online service ready for release later this year.Call of Duty Elite is set to change the way players of Call of Duty games interact with th... |
2 June 2011
17:21 GMT |
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Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has caused quite a stir with the announcement of the new Elite subscription system that will be launched later in the year and will deliver extra content for Call of Duty: Black Ops and for the upcoming Modern Warfare 3.Eric Hirshberg, who is the leader of the Activision Publi... |
2 June 2011
10:31 GMT |
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After revealing its unique Call of Duty Elite online service to the world yesterday, Activision has now talked about the pricing strategy and how it will be cheaper than any other online entertainment service currently on the market.
Call of Duty Elite was showcased to the world yesterday by Activision through an ... |
1 June 2011
05:00 GMT |
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A number of stories have talked about a new subscription-based service, named Call of Duty Elite, which will be launched alongside Modern Warfare 3 during the fall, offering extra content for fans of the series who are willing to pay, but publisher Activision Blizzard says that those who love the multiplayer componen... |
31 May 2011
17:51 GMT |
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Sony has apparently decided to shelf the PlayStation Rewards program that was supposed to launch this year, saying that public testing suggests that it is not yet ready for mass participation. An official e-mail message from Sony reads: “Based on what we learned, we have decided the program is not ready to rol... |
31 March 2011
10:29 GMT |
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A representative of Sony Online Entertainment has stated that the team working on the DC Universe Online MMO is working hard to make sure that all those who are playing the superhero game feel that they are getting their value out of the 9.99 dollars they need to pay to have one month's access to the game. Spea... |
1 February 2011
02:45 GMT |
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Sony, in preparation of the monthly PlayStation Plus content update, has just detailed some of the new deals that will be offered to paying subscribers.
Sony's PlayStation Plus service has been rolling out a lot of great deals to those willing to pay for the preferential treatment, and January's update i... |
11 January 2011
15:51 GMT |
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Various sources have claimed that video game streaming service OnLive could also move into the movie space and challenge Netflix, forcing the leader of the company to set the record straight and say that his company was focusing on video games and does not currently have the resources to also take on the movie market... |
13 December 2010
15:01 GMT |
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An executive working for the publisher Activision Blizzard has stated that the company currently has no plans to charge for the multiplayer component of Call of Duty, saying that the mode is part of the game package and as such will always be available for all those interested as long as they get the titles in the se... |
25 November 2010
18:41 GMT |
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Security researchers warn about the increasing prevalence of fake movie download and streaming websites, which scam money from users or trick them into installing spyware on their computers.People searching for information about new movies online commonly end up on such rogue pages, which are pushed at the top of sea... |
3 November 2010
05:38 GMT |
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One industry analyst stated his belief that the price increase for Xbox Live Gold that Microsoft has announced this week is a way of increasing the revenue derived from it in order to get the investment needed to then launch a new service, Platinum level, that will contain new features, possibly including exclusive c... |
3 September 2010
03:09 GMT |
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The developer of the new Neverwinter role playing game, which will focus on the cooperative element, have not yet decided on the business model that will power their game but it seems that players will not have to pay a monthly subscription to enjoy it.Talking to Gamasutra as part of a larger interview Jack Emmert, w... |
30 August 2010
17:21 GMT |
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It seems the rumor indicating that the Hulu service coming to the PlayStation 3 would require a subscription to the PlayStation Plus premium service was unfounded. Some outlets speculated that those interested in getting Hulu Plus on the Sony made home console would have to pay 50 dollars per year for the new premium... |
7 July 2010
16:51 GMT |
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Global Agenda, the MMO shooter created by Hi-Rez Studio, is no longer using a monthly subscription fee to generate revenue. Those who are interested in seeing what the game has to offer will only need to pay in order to get the basic package and any expansions that they see as delivering good content.Todd Harris, who... |
29 June 2010
02:00 GMT |
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Hulu has proven very popular in the US, where it is available, having become the second most popular video website in the country. With viewership still on the rise and the joint venture starting to do well financially, by video site standards, rumors of a planed subscription service have been abundant for almost a y... |
25 June 2010
09:27 GMT |
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Sony Computer Entertainment has confirmed the rumors and announced that it will be introducing a new online service called PlayStation Plus, a subscription package for the PSN that will be launched worldwide on June 29, the company hoping it will be attracting a significant portion of the 50 million people who are no... |
17 June 2010
13:31 GMT |
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As Lala.com subscribers are being refunded with iTunes Store credit, MobileMe customers are noticing a few changes with their own account information, a report says. Particularly, users are signaling that their accounts’ status changed over from “individual” to “full member,” indicating ... |
7 June 2010
04:47 GMT |
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