One of the longest-running subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing games has finally succumbed to the sweet, sweet lure of the microtranscation-based business model, as EverQuest celebrates its 13th anniversary by going free-to-play.
Here’s a new teaser for Hawken, the great-looking free-to-play mech shooter that will be out this December for PC.
Set your phasers on stupid Trek reference, as Cryptic’s Star Trek Online opens its free-to-play docking bay and invites the world inside following a brief subscriber-only period. To see what players get for free, hit up the official Star Trek Online web page.
Starting today, Valve’s digital distribution service, Steam, supports Free to Play games (Spiral Knights, Forsaken Worlds, Champions Online, etc) with in-game purchases through Steam’s microtransaction system. Players who download the games through Steam will receive exclusive content this week. [Valve]