Following successful transition into free-to-play titles of games like Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeon and Dragons Online, Cryptic Studios has announced that its action-oriented MMORPG Champions Online will also be going free to play in the near future. The game was originally launched in September 2009, and an Xbox 360 version of the game was […]
On paper, offering nearly 100% of a finished game free online to all players may not seem a good business model. But the micro-transaction economies have lead many games to flourish, the latest being Lord of the Rings Online, which made the shift to free-to-play only a month ago. Kate Paiz, the Executive Producer on […]
SEE Worlds announced today a new massively multiplayer online in collaboration with the Michael Jackson Estate. Planet Michael is set to release in 2011, the continents of the world and its gameplay will all be tailored to the life and music of the self-described King of Pop. A free-to-play MMO with a micro-transaction economy, the […]
Like Dungeons and Dragons and Lord of the Rings Online before it, Sony Online Entertainment’s EverQuest II will be adding free-to-play service models to its existing subscription-based economy. The two play styles will run on separate servers, with various limits imposed on players depending on which of four possible tiers (Platnium, Gold, Silver, Bronze) they […]