Earlier this year, we learned that PUBG Corp was planning to reach even more players across the world with PUBG Lite, a version of the game aimed at those with less powerful PCs. Similarly to the mobile version of PUBG, this version will be free to play and now, it …
Read More »Bungie pushes back Destiny 2: Shadowkeep and free to play launch
It has been almost two months since Bungie first announced Destiny 2's next expansion and plans to make the base game and first-year DLCs all free to play. At the time, the new expansion and free to play transition were due to take place in September but a small delay …
Read More »Bungie is making Destiny 2 and its year-one expansions free to play
Bungie is scheduled to announce the next major Destiny 2 expansion later today but one of the big changes coming to the game has already leaked out ahead of time. Destiny 2 and its year-one expansions will be going free-to-play in the near future as part of Bungie’s effort to …
Read More »Dauntless launches today with day-one cross-platform multiplayer on console and PC
There has been a lot of discussion around cross-platform multiplayer in games over the last couple of years. At this point, Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony are all on board with the idea, paving the way for today, with Dauntless launching as the first game with full cross-platform multiplayer. Dauntless was …
Read More »Star Citizen is free to play again this week
It has been a few months since Star Citizen last had a ‘free fly' week. The last one occurred in late 2018 and brought in an extra $7 million in crowd funding. Now, Crowd Imperium Games is looking to draw even more people in. Following on from the game's 3.5 …
Read More »Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s Blackout mode is still free to play, new map available
Despite being the first game in the series to not feature a campaign mode, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 received a lot of praise when it came out. A large portion of that came down to the Blackout mode, a Triple A take on Battle Royale. For the rest …
Read More »PUBG Lite will be free to play, targets lower system requirements
It looks like PUBG Corp is looking to expand its reach to more players than ever before. Over the weekend, it came to light that the studio is currently testing a new version of the game called ‘PUBG Lite', which will target extremely low system requirements and be free to …
Read More »Bethesda says there is ‘no truth’ to rumour that Fallout 76 will go free to play
It is no secret that Fallout 76 has had its fair share of struggles since launch, with a general poor reception of the game leading to poor sales. Usually when this happens with a multiplayer game, the ‘free to play' discussion comes up. A rumour that Fallout 76 would make …
Read More »Free to play multiplayer games won’t require Nintendo’s Switch Online subscription
This year, Nintendo is following in the footsteps of Xbox Live Gold and PlayStation Plus by launching a paid online service for the Switch. The fee will grant Switch owners access to multiplayer primarily but not all games will require the subscription, as free to play titles will be excluded. …
Read More »H1Z1 is turning into a free to play game today
Back when H1Z1 was in its early stages of development, it was revealed that the plan was to eventually have the game transition to a free to play model. The years passed as development continued and when H1Z1 left Steam Early access just over a week ago, the game still …
Read More »Tencent will impose limits on play time to combat gaming addiction
Free to play mobile games have become huge over the last few years, particularly in Asia. However, recently one of the biggest free to play gaming companies, Tencent, has recently been fielding complaints from parents in China regarding video game addiction, so to combat this, one of the company's most …
Read More »Quake Champions will be free to play at its core but you can buy all characters outright
Back at E3 2016, Bethesda took to the stage to announce Quake Champions, a new take on the classic arena shooter with the addition of hero characters, each with their own unique abilities. At the time, we didn't know whether or not this would be a free to play or …
Read More »Eve Online developer cracks down on item, money gambling
Although a lot of games involve some element of chance, pure luck-based item and money gambling is not something that developers want to encourage, especially when it's outside of their game. That's why Valve recently cracked down on CS:GO gambling and it's why CCP is doing the same for EVE …
Read More »Battleborn isn’t going free to play anytime soon
It is no secret that Battleborn is in a tough position right now, with very few players still logging in to play the game regularly. This has led to speculation about the game going free to play and while reports this week claimed that it would very soon, it looks …
Read More »Eve Online is getting a free to play mode
EVE: Online is due to be getting a big update in November and one of the changes is aimed squarely at new or possibly returning players. From later this year, CCP Games will be adding a free to play option to the MMO, allowing anyone to play the game even …
Read More »Ark’s free to play spinoff is going away (sort of)
Ark: Survival Evolved is one of the most popular games on Steam Early Access. It became so successful that the developer created a free to play spin-off game mode titled ‘Ark: Survival of the Fittest’. Unfortunately, since then, the studio has decided that it isn’t “cut out for free to …
Read More »Evolve is now a free to play game, devs speak out on troubled launch
Many of you will remember Evolve, it was a fairly promising looking game in the build-up to its launch but once word of Turtle Rock Studios' DLC plans started going around, a lot of people were put off entirely. These days only a handful of people ever launch the game but Turtle …
Read More »Cliff Bleszinski’s Lawbreakers is no longer F2P, exclusive to PC
Last year, famed game developer, Cliff Bleszinski, announced his new game, a multiplayer shooter called Lawbreakers. This game has largely been seen as competition for Blizzard's Overwatch and was originally pitched as a free to play title but that is no longer the case, the game will also be exclusive …
Read More »Free to play Pro Evo Soccer ‘Entry Level’ edition coming next week
Although it has always lacked the licenses for the Premier League and Bundesliga, Pro Evolution Soccer has always been a strong rival for the FIFA football crown and now it's becoming even more competitive. Starting in just over a week's time, there will be a new “entry level,” free-to-play version of …
Read More »Overwatch won’t be free to play
After around a year of speculation, Blizzard today announced the proper release date for Overwatch and what payment model it will use. The game will be a full priced title, though skins will still be sold as microtransactions on the side. The game is also heading to the Xbox One …
Read More »Quake Live is no longer a free to play game, player stats wiped
For the last five years or so, Quake Live has been a free to play game. However, much to the community's surprise, that changed all of a sudden this week when a patch for the game wiped player stats, dropped subscriptions, switched to SteamWorks servers and gave the game a …
Read More »Bethesda has concerns about Battlecry
Bethesda announced its first venture in to the free to play realm back in 2014 with Battlecry, which was set to be a team-based multiplayer game but it looks like the project is having some issues. According to Bethesda, the company has “concerns” regarding the project, noting that right now …
Read More »WildStar suffers server issues following huge player demand
WildStar went free to play this week, dropping the cost of the game and its subscription entirely for those wanting to get in to the game. It seems that a lot of people were waiting for this to happen as Carbine Studios is now working on fixing player server issues …
Read More »WildStar has officially made the jump to free to play
Earlier this year, Carbine Studios announced that it would be switching up the business model for its 2014 MMORPG, WildStar. The studio planned to switch over to the free to play model to help reach a wider audience and today, those changes were officially implemented. There is even a fancy …
Read More »WildStar to relaunch as a free to play title this month
Earlier this year, it was announced that WildStar would be going free to play, in an effort to salvage the game and its dwindling subscriber base. As with any free to play transition, this means that plenty of changes are coming to the game, so WildStar will be relaunched with …
Read More »WildStar free to play closed beta launches
Earlier this year, it was announced that WildStar would be ditching the subscription model in favour of going free to play, in hopes that this would bring a surge of new players and keep the game alive. The switch to free to play is due to happen ‘this fall' but …
Read More »Fable Legends beta arrives on Windows 10 this month
Fable Legends is on the way from Lionhead Studios and while a closed beta has been running on the Xbox One for a few weeks now, Windows 10 users will also have a chance to play the game before its final release this month. Unfortunately, it sounds like PC gamers …
Read More »WildStar is officially going free to play this year
A couple of weeks back, a Steam Database listing gave us the impression that WildStar would be hitting the store alongside a transition to the free to play model. Now, the move has been confirmed, WildStar will be dropping its subscription this autumn, following in the footsteps of MMOs like …
Read More »Wildstar might land on Steam as F2P title
It looks like Wildstar might be heading to Steam as a free to play MMO, if a recent Steam Database update is anything to go by. If you have been following any of the MMOs that launched last year, then you are probably aware of Wildstar's troubles. The subscription based …
Read More »Hearthstone has finally arrived for smartphones
After months of waiting and long after the game's release on tablets and PC, Hearthstone is finally available for smartphones. Blizzard's addictive card game opened up to Android and iOS smartphones last night, with a redesigned user interface to scale perfectly with screens of all sizes. The free to play …
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