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Posted May 10, 2013, 1:32 AM by Dave LeClair | Filed in TechSpot, Gaming
The gaming world is making a dramatic shift towards free to play games. Of course, full price retail titles still make up for a majority of releases on the PC and most other platforms, but playing a quality game without cracking your wallet open is a completely viable option nowadays.

A free to play game made right should allow players to enjoy everything it has to offer, while keeping monetary transactions completely optional. We’ve combed through the Internet to bring you the very best PC games pushing forward the free-to-play model -- and making a good name for it, too.
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Posted May 9, 2013, 3:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
During a recent roundtable discussion at the UK Game Horizon conference, Epic Games vice president Mark Rein said next generation consoles from Microsoft and Sony will fully embrace the free-to-play model that use in-game purchases to generate revenue. He said…
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Posted March 22, 2013, 5:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming With Video
During a panel at the Penny Arcade Expo, Blizzard Entertainment unveiled a free-to-play collectible card game based on the massively successful Warcraft franchise. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft allows players to select one of nine different characters as they take turns…
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Posted February 28, 2013, 1:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Gaming, Industry News
It appears micro-transactions -- those enticing in-game unlocks and premium items that typically cost a litte extra cash -- will possibly make their way into every Electronic Arts game in the not-so-distant future. EA says it plans to add in-game…
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Posted February 11, 2013, 2:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Software With Video
It's no secret that Crytek is interested in free-to-play gaming. Starting with its upcoming F2P multiplayer military shooter Warface, company CEO Cevat Yerli revealed last summer that the studio was interested in shifting away from full priced retail titles in…
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Posted January 29, 2013, 5:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming With Video
Crytek is now accepting beta applications for their upcoming free-to-play game called Warface, powered by CryENGINE 3. The program is being run through GFace, Crytek’s social networking service that’s still operating under a closed beta.
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Posted November 2, 2012, 2:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
Although it may seem like developers are getting the shaft when it comes to free to play games, the model is actually a win-win for gamers and developers alike. Unlike a demo, free to play titles give players the full…
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Posted August 27, 2012, 2:17 AM by Kate Cox | Filed in Gaming
The era of the subscription-based online game has well and truly ended in 2012. It had a good run, really. Fifteen years is quite a long time for anything to stay static in the land of gaming. Ultima Online introduced the idea back in 1997, when those of us who had internet access were mostly still on dial-up and got booted off...
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Posted August 1, 2012, 6:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
Electronic Arts has announced that Star Wars: The Old Republic will be moved to a free-to-play platform later this fall. The decision comes after a similar move last month that allowed new players to try the game through level 15…
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