Your odds of staying married in Maplestory may be better than in real life
Marriage in online role-playing game Maplestory is serious business. Just ask some of the folks who found themselves marrying other players in the game,...
Study: U.S. gaming population has nearly tripled in three years
The number of people playing video games in the U.S. has risen 241 percent since 2008, according to a new study from market research...
GFACE unveils its new cloud based social gaming network
Crytek, the developer behind Crysis and Far Cry, is backing a new social gaming network called GFACE. Created by a “small team with big...
Online Warmongers’ founder on building a balanced free-to-play shooter (interview)
Online Warmongers is a company looking to bring the production values and quality of a traditional retail game to a free-to-play shooter. Over a...
League of Legends developer takes anti-SOPA stance, urges players to write to Congress
Riot Games, developer of popular free-to-play online game League of Legends, has announced its opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Chief Executive...
Previously a dud, relaunched APB game gets 3 million users in a week
As one of a growing number of massively multiplayer online (MMO) games adopting a free-to-play strategy, APB Reloaded has hit a milestone of 3...
Online gaming giant Nexon raises $1.2B in Toyko IPO (updated)
It’s good to be a gamer, and not so bad to be a game publisher either. Online-gaming firm Nexon went public today on the...
Report: Sci-fi MMOs dominated by free-to-play players
As Electronic Arts prepares to release its heavily publicized, subscription-based online game Star Wars: The Old Republic, market analysis firm Newzoo has released new...
EA continues to target freemium market – offering $60 rides on Theme Park iOS game
In an attempt to further monetize its iOS gaming portfolio, Electronic Arts is releasing a freemium version of the popular real time strategy game...
Over $1K for a virtual spaceship? 2000 Dark Orbit players say ‘yes’
In the world of free-to-play games, there is a theory that small numbers of players are willing to spend large amounts of money on...