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Tag: Free to Play

Embark Studios, DICE, Patrick Söderlund, Nexon, free-to-play
News

Embark Studios Offers New Look at F2P Game from Former DICE Devs

Nexon developer Embark Studios, which includes some former key DICE workers, is about to reach 200 active employees and has just shown off ...
By Michael CripeNovember 13, 2020
Halo Infinite, Xbox Games Showcase, Microsoft, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Xbox Series X
Opinion

Halo Infinite’s Multiplayer Going Free to Play Makes Perfect Sense in 2020

Halo Infinite has had a busy few weeks. After an extended gameplay reveal that showed off how the new game was going back ...
By Marty SlivaAugust 4, 2020
Opinion

Confessions of a Mobile Gaming Whale

In most freemium games, the vast majority of players don’t spend a dime on microtransactions. After all, it defeats the purpose of a ...
By Sasha Erfanian DowOctober 12, 2018
GDC 2014

Tricks of the Trade – Maintaining the Free to Play Illusion

Mobile development studio Last Day of Work’s Arthur Humphrey saves monetization for later in the player experience. I’d never heard of Last Day ...
By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorMarch 19, 2014
Editorials

DICE 2014: Gameforge is Making MOBAs Accessible

Teaming up with Vienna-based developer Sproing, Gameforge wants to bring the excitement of team fighting to iPads everywhere. With MOBAs, League of Legends ...
By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorFebruary 6, 2014
Featured Articles

Hey, Kid, Got a Dollar?

About a week ago, I was poking around looking for a new game for my iPhone. I checked the EA Daily Deals site ...
By Jeremy Monken Legacy AuthorMay 13, 2012
Featured Articles

Evolve or Die

Back in the ancient times of the late 1990s, 3D graphical MMOs were these fantastic worlds you could inhabit only if you paid ...
By Greg Tito Legacy AuthorJuly 14, 2011
Indie Developers Showcase

Indie Developers Showcase, Day 9: Secondhand Lands

Welcome to Day Nine of The Escapist‘s Indie Developer Showcase, a 10-day celebration of the designers and programmers who have struck out on ...
By Jordan Deam Legacy AuthorJanuary 29, 2009
Gaming Uber Alles, Year Three

Ten Things That Don’t Suck About the Game Industry

One of the International Game Developers Association’s many roles is to deal with all the crap that’s going on in the game development ...
By Jason Della Rocca Legacy AuthorJuly 8, 2008
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