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...
RuneScape, the world’s most popular free-to-play MMO, gets a facelift
Jagex has today announced a brand new website and logo for its free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), Runescape. The browser-based game currently...
DC Universe Online gains a million new players with free-to-play transition
A million new players have signed up for Sony Online Entertainment’s massively multiplayer online game DC Universe Online following its transition to a free-to-play business model last...
Zynga expands its game cards to distributors in Europe and Turkey
Zynga‘s quest is to get the whole world to play social games. To make that happen, the company has to set up payment mechanisms...
World of Warcraft goes free-to-play for first 20 levels
World of Warcraft, one of the top-selling online games in the world, will be free to download and play for a good chunk of...
Is Sony silencing player efforts to halt Star Wars Galaxies' demise?
[Update: Sony has responded to queries from VentureBeat] Sony is locking forum topics and banning players who are trying to promote a petition to...
Star Wars Galaxies players start petition to make game free-to-play
[Update: The petition has now gathered more than 2,100 signatures] Enraged and frustrated players of Sony’s online Star Wars role-playing game, Star Wars Galaxies,...
Critically acclaimed shooter Team Fortress 2 goes free-to-play
Team Fortress 2, a colorful team-based online first-person shooter game, will be free to download and play and will generate revenue through in-game transactions,...
Nexon America grows 59 percent in Q1
Nexon America said it has grown its revenues 59 percent the first quarter from a year ago as the company’s free-to-play online games continue...