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Weekend Open Forum: Your take on microtransactions

Weekend Open Forum: Your take on microtransactions
  • Posted June 29, 2012, 7:41 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, WOF
  • Free-to-play games have become increasingly popular and according to Electronic Arts COO Peter Moore, they'll be the norm in as little as five years, with only major franchises surviving as $60 products. "I think, ultimately, those microtransactions will be in every game...

Digital Extremes intros free-to-play co-op shooter, Warframe

Digital Extremes intros free-to-play co-op shooter, Warframe
  • Posted June 26, 2012, 6:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, The Web With Video
  • Digital Extremes, the Canadian studio behind titles such as The Darkness II and BioShock 2's multiplayer, has offered a first look at its upcoming free-to-play first-person-shooter. Expected to go live this winter, Warframe will provide fast-paced PvE co-op action, allowing you and...

Crytek transitioning from packaged goods to a free-to-play model

Crytek transitioning from packaged goods to a free-to-play model
  • Posted June 8, 2012, 12:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • It seems that gamers aren’t the only ones fed up with DLC and costly online services. Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli said that he felt these premium services (think Activision and EA) were “milking customers to death” and that once his…

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