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Killer Instinct's new free character is Sabrewulf

By Alice O'Connor, Jan 06, 2014 8:15am PST

Free-to-play fighter Killer Instinct has for the first time switched the character available to everyone for free, rotating out Jago for lycanthrope Sabrewulf. You can still buy the fighting monk, of course. The change came with a new patch last week, which also brought twea...

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Deadbreed is a MOBA with meaningful customisation

By Alice O'Connor, Jan 06, 2014 6:45am PST

Valve's Dota 2 may be the world's premier wizard dress-up game, but if you want to customise your wizard beyond mere appearance? Newly-announced Dote 'em up Deadbreed is touting the big selling point of meaningful customisation, where changing your wizard's clothing and weap...

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PlanetSide 2 for PS4 is like PC version set to Ultra

By Andrew Yoon, Dec 31, 2013 9:45am PST

SOE producer Matt Higby explained that the PS4 version will be "nearly identical to the PC version, with the exception of the user interface."

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"That was not an intentional "POS4." I must have hit two keys. FIGHT!"

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Deep Down trailer remains vague, teases the future

By Andrew Yoon, Dec 30, 2013 5:00pm PST

In spite of being one of the first games ever revealed for PS4, not much is known about Capcom's online dungeon crawling game, Deep Down....

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"I feel like this is going to be basically Lost Planet, but with fantasy elements."

- Jonkai21 see all 13 comments

Sega planning more free-to-play 3DS games

By Steve Watts, Dec 30, 2013 7:30am PST

Sega is preparing to release its first free-to-play 3DS game in Japan, and producer Toshihiro Nagoshi says they are already considering what might come next.

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Perfect World Entertainment to make console MMOs

By Andrew Yoon, Dec 19, 2013 3:15pm PST

Perfect World Entertainment, developer and publisher of various free-to-play MMOs, has announced plans to make games for both current and next-gen consoles.

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""also developed Neverwinter." No they only published, Cryptic made it."

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2013 mobile sales signal free-to-play dominance

By Steve Watts, Dec 19, 2013 9:15am PST

Sales data from 2013 shows that free-to-play games grossed significantly higher than paid apps, and more apps were free-to-play this year.

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Nosgoth trailer shows off vampire vs human battles

By Andrew Yoon, Dec 18, 2013 1:30pm PST

Nosgoth is Square Enix's free-to-play multiplayer take on the Legacy of Kain franchise. A new trailer shows off how it plays.

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""Pre-Alpha Still" know what I consider pre-alpha? sketchboard >_> also: wow this ..."

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Star Wars: Attack Squadrons is a new free-to-play online space combat game

By Andrew Yoon, Dec 17, 2013 10:30am PST

Disney Interactive has just announced Star Wars: Attack Squadrons, a new free-to-play online space combat game for PC.

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"just get the few heads responsible for the direction of Tie Fighter back in a room have them ..."

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World of Tanks Xbox 360 goes open beta this weekend

By Andrew Yoon, Dec 13, 2013 2:30pm PST

World of Tanks is nearly ready for release on Xbox 360. But before Wargaming's free-to-play action game goes fully live, they need to do one more beta.

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"This game is awesome. Been playing for months and is about the most addictive a game gets. "

- Kartman013 see all 4 comments

War Thunder tank expansion offering closed beta access for $50

By Alice O'Connor, Dec 05, 2013 7:30am PST

Free-to-play dogfighter War Thunder may have plenty of admirers, but someone has to pay the bills. Developer Gaijin Entertainment is chasing big spenders to prop up freeloaders by selling closed beta access to its 'Ground Control' expansion, which adds tank battles to the mi...

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Smite releasing March 25, followed by $100,000 tournament

By Steve Watts, Nov 26, 2013 8:30am PST

Hi-Rez Studios' free-to-play game Smite is coming on March 25, 2014. Progress from the open beta will carry over, and the top teams from a weekly tournament will take part in the finals on March 29-30.

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"It started Closed Beta in 2012 and went into Open beta January of this year."

- DedlokPM see all 14 comments

Rift dev announces voxely sandboxer Trove

By Alice O'Connor, Nov 18, 2013 11:45am PST

Voxel-y sandbox worlds with digging and building and crafting are all the rage nowadays, and Trion Worlds has one of its own too. The Rift and Defiance developer last week announced its free-to-play Trove, which is a fair bit like all those other sandbox games, but with the ...

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"Seriously, the ink + gradient shading do not work well for each other. This would look worlds ..."

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This is what DC Universe Online looks like on PS4

By Andrew Yoon, Nov 14, 2013 12:30pm PST

In preparation for the upcoming PS4 version of DC Universe Online (available at launch), Sony Online Entertainment has completely revamped the...

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"Do I have to restart from the beginning or can I import my characters? Because I don't want to ..."

- VoodooThursday see all 11 comments

PlanetSide 2 patch boosts performance

By Alice O'Connor, Nov 12, 2013 7:45am PST

Just a week shy of PlanetSide 2's first birthday, Sony Online Entertainment has given players a welcome gift. Today brings the launch of the patch jazzily named 'Performance Update 01,' which, well, does exactly what it says on the tin. The core engine and UI now make better...

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"The first time I tried to play this, the menu system was absolutely overwhelming."

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