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Hi-Rez Announces Freemium Arena Game, Smite

By On April 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Hi-Rez Studios has announced its own freemium arena-style online combat game, SMITE. Players in the game control one of a pantheon of ancient gods in team-based battles against other players and their computer-controlled minions. It’s another game seeking to compete with Riot Games’ successful League of Legends, which successfully transitioned DoTA (Defense of the Ancients) [...]

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Apple Changes App Store Rankings For Free Games

By On April 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Apple has changed the way free and freemium games are ranked in the App Store, as reported by Inside Mobile Apps. The new ranking algorithm reshuffled various App Store top lists over the weekend. Previously the free app list ranked games primarily by number of downloads. Now the ranking appear to weigh other factors like [...]

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Aeria Games Raises $25K For Japan Tsunami Victims

By On April 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Aeria Games has announced that its charity virtual goods drive has raised over $25,000 to benefit victims of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Aeria Games sold a package of in-game charity virtual goods in each of its many MMOs, with the company matching amounts players spent on charity virtual items. The fundraising event [...]

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Freemium Games Coming To Xbox Live Next Year?

By On April 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Games industry news site IGN is reporting that Microsoft will make freemium games available on its Xbox Live network next year, according to a “trusted source.” This would allow publishers to distribute freely downloadable games through the service that would monetize through microtransactions. It’s worth noting that the Kinect racing game Joy Ride was originally [...]

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Global Agenda Goes Free-To-Play

By On April 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Hi-Rez Studios has announced that its sci-fi themed MMO shooter Global Agenda will go free to play this month, when the Free Agent update launches. Global Agenda removed its subscription fees in June of last year, but still required users to purchase the game. Once the game goes freemium, users will be able to play [...]

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Aeria Games Launches Lord Of Ages

By On April 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Aeria Games has launched a new freemium browser-based medieval fantasy RTS game called Lord of Ages. Players in Lord of Ages build armies, conquer territory, manage resource production, and battle other players. Aeria Games says it’s the first publisher to receive the latest, most updated version of Lord of Ages from its developer, GameGon Technology [...]

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Bigpoint Appoints Arthur Bastings New Co-CEO

By On April 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Onling gaming portal Bigpoint has appointed Arthur Bastings its new co-CEO effective April 7. Bastings will join Bigpoint founder and current CEO Heiko Hubertz, with Bastings overseeing day-to-day operations at Bigpoint’s Hamburg headquarters while Hubertz focuses on expansion into the United States. Both Hubertz and Bastings will report to Bigpoint’s board of directors. Bastings comes [...]

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Turbine Launches D&D Online In French, German

By On April 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Turbine has announced the launch of its Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited (DDO) freemium MMORPG in French and German. The new localized versions of the game are intended to serve European players. DDO was initially published in Europe by Codemasters, but Turbine chose to take over the European service itself last July. It’s worth [...]

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Rise Of The Immortals Enters Closed Beta On April 5

By On March 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Petroglyph‘s latest freemium online game, Rise of the Immortals, will enter closed beta on April 5. The closed beta plans to support over 10,000 players, who will be rewarded for their participation with a custom skin for one of the game’s playable characters. Rise of the Imm0rtals is what Petroglyph calls a “multiplayer online battle [...]

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