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App Review: Real Racing 3 Is A Beautiful Game Strangled By Freemium Nonsense
27In 2009, Aussie developer Firemint released Real Racing for the iPhone, stunning mobile gamers with amazing visuals and setting the standard for realistic mobile racing games. In 2010 the studio released Real Racing 2, adding licensed cars from major manufacturers and online play for up to 16 players.
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Some Free-To-Play Games Work Out Just Like Shareware Used To: Badly
Gamers who are old enough to remember the PC experience before AOL brought dial-up internet access into everyone’s homes will probably also remember shareware. My family had dozens of these discs and, later, CD-ROMS over the years. Each one promised HUNDREDS! OF! GAMES! and while most were simply trashy clones of some other game, or…
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Nearly 40% Of The US Population Enjoys Free-To-Play Games
Free-to-play games are all the rage here in 2012. With MMOs, social games and mobile games leading the way, some analysts see the model as the inevitable wave of the future across genres. And given how very well freemium games seem to be doing, they might just be right.
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D.C. Universe Online Adds Microtransaction Support
D.C. Universe Online has launched something called the “DCUO Marketplace,” and while its shelves are pretty bare, what it could portend down the line is worth paying attention, if not cash.