Deceit 2 goes free-to-play ahead of console launch on April 3
World Makers announced today that it is relaunching its social deduction/survival title, Deceit 2, on PC as a free-to-play game. According to the developers,...
Facebook unveils free-to-play cloud gaming service
Facebook has unveiled a free-to-play cloud gaming service for sharing and playing games. The service is part of Facebook Gaming and is now in...
COVID-19 could accelerate the ‘maturity of Chinese players’ in the free-to-play market
The free-to-play market is gigantic worldwide, including the hundreds of millions of players within China. Nielsen’s SuperData Research Group found that free-to-play games revenue...
Interpret: 91% of kids ask parents for permission when spending in mobile games
About 91 percent of children ages 3 to 12 ask for parental permission before making purchases in mobile games, according to a report from...
Facebook admitted defrauding kids and parents of thousands of dollars in early free-to-play games
Facebook engaged in practices that tricked children and parents into spending money in free-to-play games, according to court documents unsealed and reported by the...
DeltaDNA: Mobile and PC game ‘whales’ aren’t as important as they once were
In free-to-play (F2P) games, “whales” are the players who spend a lot more than anyone else. In the past, these whales accounted for a...
DeltaDNA offers game developers ad monetization tips for free-to-play
Advertisements are a necessary part of making free-to-play mobile games profitable. But only about half of game developers are confident about their strategies for...
Scientific Revenue figures out optimal prices for virtual goods in games
Setting prices and running a virtual economy is complicated. But most game developers don’t have degrees in economics. Scientific Revenue wants to offload the...
Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney: Fun should matter above all else in the free-to-play market
Nexon's partnerships succeed on great gameplay, not necessarily on cultural harmony.
We're cheap: Most mobile gamers will share their personal information for in-app rewards
People hate in-game ads unless they get something out of them.