DC Universe Online went free-to-play earlier this month, besting a villain even DC’s Justice League couldn’t defeat: low subscription numbers.
Since the change though, DCUO’s numbers have been rising at a rate of 6 percent per day, according to Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley. Smedley took to Twitter to share the good news.
“DCUO’s playerbase is growing at 6% a day…” he tweeted. “700% increase in daily revenue (47% PC / 53% PS3).”
Gala Networks Europe, one of the leading free-to-play games publishers, was delighted to announce that the New Origin expansion for Dragonica went live yesterday.
As the biggest content update to date for the popular action MMORPG, New Origin brings mounts, a new race, new dungeons, a fellowship party system, a level cap raise to 80 and user interface updates, among others, to Dragonica’s already expansive game world.
Trion Worlds, the leading premium online game developer and publisher, has revealed today that its massive online real time strategy game, End of Nations, will be a free-to-play game.
The free-to-play model for End of Nations underscores Trion’s commitment to its players to match premium games with their optimal business model.
“Being able to offer a premium game such as End of Nations for free sets us apart in this industry,” said Dave Luehmann, the title’s Executive Producer and Vice President, 3rd Party Development for Trion Worlds.
Today NEXON Europe launches a brand new teaser website for the much anticipated free-to-play Action MMORPG Vindictus Europe, which will be released in Europe this autumn.
Besides letting you in on the game’s dark and haunting story and the varied set of heroes, the website introduces a gameplay trailer that gives you a deeper insight on the upcoming online sensation.
Furthermore you’re invited to join the Facebook fan page and sign up for the Vindictus Europe newsletter to receive free real-time up-to-date notifications regarding the game’s updates. This way, you will never miss any exclusive insights to this year’s MMORPG hit.
Five titles kick off a new avenue for Valve’s digital retail arm, with a promotion offering exclusive content.
The first wave of free-to-play games have now gone live on Steam.
Valve announced it is now offering support for such titles, including use of Steam’s micro-transaction backend system to handle in-game transactions. The system is already available to Steamworks partners and currently used in titles such as Team Fortress 2.
The first five free-to-play titles to be made available are Champions Online: Free For All, Forsaken Worlds, Global Agenda: Free Agent, Spiral Knights and Alliance of Valiant Arms. (more…)
Koram Games announce exciting new MMORTS
Online-gaming publishers Koram Games have just revealed Indomitus, an exciting new free-to-play browser-based MMORTS with a focus on massive battles, city building and heroic leadership.
Confirmed for beta release on June 13th, Indomitus promises a unique guild system and more combat features than other games on the market.
Enter Indomitus, Koramgame’s latest free-to-play medieval browser MMORTS. In the shattered lands of ancient Europe, Indomitus allows you to unleash your inner barbarian and storm through the continent in the conquest for absolute domination.
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This new first person shooter project will be unveiled next week at E3 behind closed doors
Perfect World Entertainment Inc., a wholly owned US subsidiary of Perfect World Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: PWRD), announced today its partnership with Zombie Studios to publish its next-generation, adrenaline-pumping first person shooter (FPS) Blacklight Retribution.
A sequel to Zombie Studio’s Tango Down, Blacklight Retribution will be shown for the first time at this year’s E3 (June 7 – 9) in the West Hall, Booth #5322 for a behind-closed doors first hands-on to select media.
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GamersFirst Reveals Newly Revamped Witnessing, Additional Server Locations, New Items and New Skill Rating System in Final Testing Wave
The world leader in Free2Play massively multiplayer online games, GamersFirst (www.gamersfirst.com) today launched the highly anticipated APB Reloaded open beta. In addition to the long list of closed beta improvements already launched during the redevelopment of the game, the APB Reloaded open beta adds a brand new skill rating system, redesigned “witnessing” game mechanics, new items and weapons in the Armas Marketplace, as well as an additional East Coast datacenter to host the game.
Upcoming improvements that are scheduled during the open beta phase include new clan-based combat mechanics aimed at higher level players, additional match making improvements, and brand new district and game modes giving the player more control over the game experience.
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New PvE Coliseum, one brand new area with a new dungeon and camp to be discovered soon in Fly for Fun
Gala Networks Europe, one of one of the leading free-to-play games publishers and operator of the www.gPotato.eu portal, is delighted to announce that its MMORPG Flyff will launch the next expansion – Act VIII: Coliseum – in the beginning of June 2011 in German and French.
The Flyff story continues after the hate-corrupted cat god Murano was put out of his misery by the heroes of Madrigal in Act VII. During this time, the explorers and scientists discovered precious and ancient inscriptions and scrolls in the buried Temple of Behemoths.
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So you thought baked goods were all about fluffy meringue and gooey marshmallow fillings?
This video from the Faxion Online Team blows away the powdered sugar coating to reveal the dark chocolate truth.
If you’re an avid PvP gamer, then you don’t have to look much further. Faxion Online is a free-to-play MMO that offers some killer PvP gameplay.
Faxion Online delivers aggressive and robust PVP gameplay and a unique territory control system that allows the opposing factions to battle for the fate of the seven deadly sins.
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