That was a nice little run of a free-to-play game. I never thought I could get so hooked into one, but 58 consecutive days have been logged into my copy of Terra Battle. However, all things must come to an end, and I’ve decided to remove it from my phone. It was a bit too addictive, and I had reached a decent point of exit. In that time, I amassed quite an army of both rare and common...
Star Wars: Commander is the latest free-to-play Star Wars game from Disney, and it is available now exclusively on iOS before making the jump to Android as well after an unspecified amount of time. You control the character of Saponza, a mercenary of Tatooine roots, shortly after the events of Episode IV: A New Hope. Your employers in the Rebel or Empire forces, you choose, task you...
Capcom has a make or break proposition with Breath of Fire 6. This classic fan-favorite RPG series has been dormant for quite some time, and Capcom is opting to bring it back as a free-to-play game for mobile phones and Microsoft tablets. Fans are naturally disappointed in the decision to pass up on a full blown Nintendo 3DS or PS Vita RPG in the classic vein, but at the same time,...
EA can call its mobile abomination Dungeon Keeper "free-to-play" as much as it likes, but that doesn't make it true. You can only play for so longer until you are forced to drop money on something, making it more of a "free-to-download, pay-to-play" kind of game. Wouldn't you know it, the British Advertising Standards Authority agrees. The board has ruled that EA can no longer...
Disney has pulled the plug on its browser-based free-to-play space combat game Star Wars: Attack Squadrons after months of closed beta testing. Perhaps the reception wasn't all that positive, and Disney decided it was best to just scrap it all and move onto the next project. An announcement on the game's official Facebook page thanks gamers for their time and fans for eagerly await the...
Bandai Namco hadn’t yet put a release date on its free-to-play fighting game SoulCalibur: Lost Swords, and now it doesn’t have to. The game has been put up on the PlayStation Store with the most recent update and is now available for all to download exclusively on the PlayStation 3. Call me just as shocked as you. I didn’t think we’d be seeing this game so quickly, but here it is. For...
What does Obsidian Entertainment do when it is not working on high fantasy RPGs like Pillars of Eternity or goofy licensed games like South Park: The Stick of Truth? Well, it’s looking for footing in an entirely new market beyond its usual stomping ground, the free-to-play tank shooter genre to be exact. Armored Warfare is the company’s first attempt to go MMO. It’s definitely a weird...
Even an anecdotal survey of your friends will tell you that most mobile in-game purchases come from a very small group of players. Most players probably don't even know someone who has paid for something in a mobile game, or if you do, it was a one time or rare occurrence. But now we have some hard science to back that up, courtesy a report from VentureBeat. VentureBeat spoke to...
Former Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello, the man who helped build one of the biggest video game companies in the world, has stepped forward to say that video games are simply too expensive. During a speech at the Gaming Insiders Summit, Riccitiello claimed that console games need to come up with a more variable pricing plan, similar to mobile games, simply because “$60 is a giant...
The majestic Ace Combat Infinity looks better and better with each passing gallery and trailer released by Namco. This could be the most gorgeous and exciting free-to-play game yet for the console crowd. The 21 new screenshots and gameplay trailer show off development team Project Aces giving a go at the online multiplayer mode. Online aerial dogfights have made several attempts at...