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Blizzard Not So Hot On Free-To-Play StarCraft II, Says ‘Maths Just Isn’t There’
Blizzard has resisted the allure of free-to-play for quite some time, though it was suggested by one of the company’s lead designers that a F2P model “was an option” for StarCraft II‘s multiplayer. It sounds like those plans didn’t gain much traction, according to a recent interview with Blizzard president Mike Morhaime.
Survarium Developers Talk About Stopping Cheaters
The next game from the folks who once made the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. titles won’t be out for a while, but they already know that people will be trying to exploit it. They’ve got plans to stop those ne’er-do-wells.
Ubisoft Says 93-95% Of Its PC Games Get Stolen By Pirates
Few video game companies are as reviled as Ubisoft when it comes to PC release practices. From titles that require always-on internet connections to security-compromising DRM, attempts by the Assassin’s Creed publisher to stop people from illegally obtaining or running its games on PC have met with strong criticism. Its responses haven’t always helped.
There’s Nothing To Steal: Why Everyone Hates The Free-to-Play Switch
I’m not proud of it, of course, but I’ve profiled others according to skin colour. You see, glowing, primary colour skin on a character in D.C. Universe Online is a sure sign of a free-to-play player, especially if they’re low level. It indicates they really didn’t give a crap what they looked like when they rolled, they just wanted to jump in and start stuffing their piehole in the free buffet.
Phantasy Star Online 2 Is Fun, Frantic And Free-To-Play
These days the net is overflowing with free-to-play MMORPGs. But even before free-to-play MMORPGs were a thing, there was Phantasy Star Online. This online-RPG graced consoles and PCs alike in the early 2000s and proved to be the most popular game of its kind in Japan (until Final Fantasy XI hit stores in 2002). Now, over a decade later, Sega has brought out a full blown sequel in Phantasy Star Online 2. But does this sequel have the magic of the original or is it just another forgettable free-to-play MMO?
See The Free-To-Play PS3 Gundam Game
Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation is a free-to-play, multiplayer, third-person shooter on the PlayStation 3. In the game, you join either the Earth Federation or Zeon along with eleven other players for six versus six team-based combat. To win, you capture points, destroy the other side’s mobile suits, and destroy your enemy’s main base. Win or lose, your gain experience that is put to researching new weapons, armour and mobile suits.
BioWare Is ‘Looking At Free-to-Play’ For Star Wars: The Old Republic
Back in December BioWare’s duelling doctors told us they couldn’t see their newly-launched massively multiplayer online Star Wars role-playing game going free-to-play in the foreseeable future. Then BioWare botched several free game updates and lost a good chunk of the game’s subscribers. Suddenly free-to-play isn’t looking so bad. In an interview with Games(TM), lead designer Emmanuel Lusinchi says the popular pay model is being explored.
Once Crysis 3 Is Done, Crytek Will Be Working On Nothing But Free-to-Play Games
Crytek is building Warface, the studio’s first freemium shooter, shown recently at E3. It’s also going to deliver Crysis 3, a more traditional FPS, sometime in 2013. Whenever the studio finishes off its current committments, CEO Cevat Yerli told VideoGamer.com, it will be developing free-to-play games only.
