Valve Is Working On A Free-to-Play Game

26 responses to “Valve Is Working On A Free-to-Play Game”

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   Dissection

   June 20, 2011 at 8:21 pm

   Interesting, if it is DOTA 2 then I hope they implement the freemium service in the same way that LoL has.

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   Stephen Alexander

   June 20, 2011 at 8:31 pm

   Well they’ve already seen that they can make bundles of money just from hats on Team Fortress 2, so I would certainly not find it surprising for them to take a similar “pay for skins” approach to League of Legends.

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   Alinos

   June 20, 2011 at 8:31 pm

   they already have a free2play game it’s called alien swarm

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      Dissection

      June 20, 2011 at 9:51 pm

      I forgot about that. Really good game and made me laugh my arse off when I saw Alien Breed 1, 2 and 3 come out at $10 each.

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   2. 

      Smythe

      June 21, 2011 at 4:43 pm

      Alien swarm was terrible! it was so difficult, the level design was boring and much too linear.
      It looked like they were trying to make a copy of a game that never existed.

      The original concept art was awesome though, originally you fought through a level made of cardboard on a table of some sort, and the enemies would pop out of sprues (think warhammer bits) on the table and jump in to attack you.

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         Mupps

         June 21, 2011 at 6:37 pm

         It was a remake of a mod of the same name… It was actually only made by about 5 people of the team who had created the original mod

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4. 

   Another Melbourne Gamer

   June 20, 2011 at 8:51 pm

   Interesting however I’d really like if they’d stop with new franchises and give a progress report on the next step in the Half Life universe.

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   1. 

      706

      June 21, 2011 at 12:08 am

      I still haven’t played episode 1 and 2, so I’m not as invested in episode 3 as most, but this is getting a little ridiculous. Who was it that kept giving the vaporware awards to Duke Nukem Forever? Surely Episode 3 should be getting some, though I guess it hasn’t technically been announced yet.

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         Scott

         June 21, 2011 at 10:19 am

         “I still haven’t played episode 1 and 2”

         Drop whatever your doing right now, go home and play them. The episodes are short but even better than the original game.

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5. 

   Joe Mama

   June 20, 2011 at 9:50 pm

   I’ve heard it may be TF2 Free Version. I think it was because there was a completely new title in the data files listed as TF2 and it had a no-cost tag.

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      Alinos

      June 20, 2011 at 10:49 pm

      seems pointless TF2 costs 10 dollars as it is.

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      1. 

         BrontoThunder

         June 21, 2011 at 12:50 am

         So you’re saying all games that are $10 or less may as well be free?

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            Richard

            June 21, 2011 at 9:08 am

            When they already have a saturation the size of TF2’s, it’s not a terrible idea.

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6. 

   Mic

   June 20, 2011 at 10:09 pm

   Hopefully whatever the payable stuff is doens’t affect how the characters or spells look too much. One of HoN’s biggest problems was character visibility and distinction.

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      BrontoThunder

      June 21, 2011 at 12:50 am

      Why would the cost affect the in-game animations?

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      1. 

         Howl

         June 21, 2011 at 8:53 am

         He means paying for different character skins and things like that which makes it more difficult for players to identify who is who on the battlefield.

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7. 

   Steven Bogos

   June 20, 2011 at 10:09 pm

   Sounds good! One point in dragging me away from LoL! Although, from the sounds of things, DoTA 2 is going to be pretty strickt towards the DoTA formula, which is a turn off for me and why i stuck with LoL over HoN!

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8. 

   Ty

   June 20, 2011 at 10:30 pm

   This doesn’t sound like Episode 3 news.

   Valve, I’m starting to suspect you don’t love me. Say it isn’t so.

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9. 

   Mase

   June 21, 2011 at 12:07 am

   Free to play games are good and all, but I’d rather give Valve my money for Half Life Episode 3.

   At this rate I’m afraid HLE3 would end up suffering from Duke Nukem Forever syndrome. Takes forever to come out then fails to meet people’s expectations

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   1. 

      Steven Bogos

      June 21, 2011 at 8:17 am

      I think, since it’s being developed by valve, that it will suffer from Team Fortress 2 syndrome. No-one hears anything about it for ages and then BAM it comes out and is fucking awesome.

      Remember that before the Duke TF2 was one of the most famous peices of vapourware!

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10. 

    bobsquiggles

    June 21, 2011 at 5:00 am

    That’s complete speculation though, wait until an announcement is made

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11. 

    Sid

    June 21, 2011 at 11:53 am

    I like the bit where it states LoL is its main competitor. Suck it HoN fans.

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    1. 

       ♣TadMod♣

       June 21, 2011 at 11:56 am

       HoN isn’t listed as its’ main competitor as it has a $30 fee for buying the game. I think that was the differentiation being made here.

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    2. 

       Jphillips

       June 21, 2011 at 2:23 pm

       Even as some one who plays a fair deal of League I think that that is a very statement to make as he was comparing them based on the fact that one is free while the other is not.

       Besides that last time I checked HoN has better pathing and balance so at least they get what they are paying for rather than optional purchases that just go straight into riot’s pocket and we never see any real thanks for it.

       Magma chamber any one?

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12. 

    Sam Timmins

    June 21, 2011 at 3:31 pm

    CONGRATULATIONS VALVE!

    You’ve beaten 3D Realms at being the Internet’s Biggest Joke!

    Episode 3: When It’s Done.
    (Releases 2023.)

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13. 

    jj

    June 22, 2011 at 10:52 am

    Valve, a joke? 🙂

    Valve are just going about business, the market is changing rapidly. The freemium market is a fairly big one, just look at League of Legends and World of Tanks like someone suggested, and hopefully soon to be FireFall. People feel more inclined to pay for things like items you can’t earn normally, or an easier way to pay for things in game. You’d be surprised how much money these things generate.

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