Tag Archives: Free to Play

It is no secret that Call of Duty is currently at a low point, with franchise fatigue setting in once again. In an effort to boost player counts and sales, Activision will be offering a two-week free trial for Vanguard, the longest free trial period for any Call of Duty …

Knockout City surprised many when it launched last year, offering a fun take of the sport of dodgeball. Despite the game’s position as a live service title, it has struggled to maintain its following with a 24 hour peak of 123 players on Steam. The studio has now announced that …

Earlier this week, the early access launch for Lost Ark impressed us with its massive concurrent player numbers, peaking at over 500,000 active players. Last night, the game had its free to play launch, opening the game up to all players and as you might expect, player numbers jumped significantly, …

Now that 2021 has come to an end, Sony has detailed the PlayStation Store's top downloads of the past year. Of course, there are plenty of games on this list that we'd expect to be among the most downloaded games of the year, but there are still a few surprises among …

Back in December we reported that the granddaddy of the battle royale genre (at least as it pertains to video games) PUBG Battlegrounds announced that after more than 70 million copies sold, the game was going free-to-play. Now that fateful day has arrived. From today, the 12th of January 2022,  …

While Remedy Entertainment has historically been known for developing story-focused 3rd-person action adventure titles with interesting twists, the studio has started to branch out, with multiple new projects across different genres and perspectives. Remedy has now announced that the studio is working on a free-to-play co-op title. Making the announcement …

PUBG: Battlegrounds is not only the catalyst that spawned the current trend of battle royale games, but in doing so landed itself as one of the best selling games of all time. After 4 years on the market, PUBG: Battlegrounds is going free-to-play. Making the announcement, the Product Marketing Manager …

Just last week, Ubisoft officially announced Ghost Recon Frontline, a new free to play, PvP focused game in the series. While launch is still some ways off, Ubisoft did plan to bring players in to test the game this week, but due to feedback, playtesting has now been delayed indefinitely. …

Following on from leaks yesterday, Ubisoft has officially announced Ghost Recon Frontline, taking the series into free to play territory for the first time. Like The Division Heartland, Ghost Recon Frontline will be a free to play game focused on PvP, rather than PvE content.  Ghost Recon Frontline will include …

While the Call of Duty remains one of the biggest franchises in gaming, the annual series has been in decline somewhat for the past few years. It seems that Activision struck gold however with its free-to-play Warzone Battle Royale mode. According to a recent study, Warzone makes over $5 million …

Back in 2018, Valve made the decision to stop charging for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, transitioning it into a free to play game. Now, the game is going through another major change, with free players losing access to ranked matches.  When the original transition happened, free players had access to drops, …

Knockout City is a competitive team-based multiplayer title inspired by the real-world sport of dodgeball. Initially a premium game, Knockout City has now been made free-to-start following a successful free trial. Knockout City launched on the 21st of May, retailing for £17.99. For the game’s first 10 days of release, …

Over the course of its relatively short history, the video game industry has changed and evolved in many different ways. One of the biggest shifts was caused by the introduction of free-to-play games – the most successful of which make billions each year. Ubisoft has now announced that it will …

In a surprise update released last night, Ubisoft announced that it is working on a new game in The Division franchise. We aren't getting The Division 3 yet, but Ubisoft is making a free to play spin-off title.  Known as ‘The Division Heartland', this is a new game set in …

Late last month, Microsoft began publicly testing some upcoming changes to Xbox Live – including free multiplayer access for free to play games like Call of Duty Warzone and Fortnite. Now, Microsoft's big change is rolling out to all Xbox users, making over 50 games to be played online without …

Following Microsoft's disastrous Xbox Live Gold price hike announcement, Microsoft realised there were plenty of areas where Xbox Live needed to improve before gamers would accept such a move. Some of those improvements include free multiplayer access to free to play games, as well as other console features. Now, Microsoft …

It has been around six months since Watch Dogs Legion first released, so its about time for a free weekend. Later this week, Ubisoft will be making Watch Dogs Legion free to download and play for a limited time. Aside from that, the game also has a new roadmap for …

Just a few days ago we reported that Genshin Impact, the newly released free-to-play open world, Breath of the Wild inspired action RPG, had grossed $50 million in just over a week. Now, in even less time, the game has doubled its revenue, bringing in over $100 million in under …

Genshin Impact took many people by surprise when it launched last week. The free-to-play, open world, Breath of the Wild inspired action RPG released to much fanfare thanks to its fun gameplay, exciting world, and generous gacha mechanics. All this has led to the creation of a game which many …

Genshin Impact made waves upon its initial announcement due to its inspirations from titles such as Breath of the Wild. With the game finally launching last week, it has become clear that the game has managed to amass a number of fans. Following the news that Genshin Impact received over …

Despite launching over 5 years ago, Rocket League continues to become more and more popular. With Rocket League going free to play recently, it appears the rocket powered soc(car) game is already reaping the rewards of this move, as Rocket League has now, for the first time, surpassed 1 million …

Yesterday was a big day for Rocket League, as the game officially made the switch to being free to play. Unfortunately, the transition wasn't completely smooth, as servers quickly began to buckle under load.  Rocket League's switch to free to play, combined with the launch of a new competitive season, …

Earlier this year, it was announced that Rocket League will be going free to play and re-launching on the Epic Games Store. The big change is officially kicking off on the 23rd of September, at which point, Rocket League will no longer have a price tag.  In an announcement made …

Vigor, the shoot ‘n' loot survival title developed by Bohemia Interactive, is scheduled to release on Sony's current and next-gen consoles in 2020. Additionally, the Switch version of the game will become free-to-play later this month, allowing you to play it without buying the Founder's Pack. Developed by the creators …

Rocket League recently held its 5 year anniversary, and now the team behind the popular title has announced that Rocket League will be going free-to-play for everyone this Summer...

Ninjala is an upcoming free-to-play multiplayer action video game releasing exclusively for the Nintendo Switch. Featured in the most recent Nintendo Direct Mini, the game appears to take inspiration from Splatoon – Nintendo’s wildly successful competitive team-based multiplayer game. Set to release on the 27th of May, eager fans can …

GDC was unfortunately cancelled this month but many of the indie developers that were planning to attend have another chance to show off their new games thanks to the Steam Game Festival. The event is live for the next few days, with over 50 playable demos for upcoming titles.  The …

Given how much additional monetisation is now implemented in Rainbow Six Siege, there have been plenty of questions over whether the game will go down the free to play route eventually. It turns out that the developers have been thinking about this as well, although they want to find a …

Borderlands 3 made some big announcements yesterday. Firstly, they announced the release of free DLC titled, Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite, secondly, the first of four campaign DLCs was announced, titled Moxxi’s Heist of the Handsome Jackpot, and last but certainly not least, the game will be free to play …

Today is a big day for Bungie, with the studio establishing its new era of independence with a new expansion, a free to play version of Destiny 2 and a platform switch, with Destiny 2 officially leaving Battle.net and coming to Steam. All of these changes take time though, so …