Hello Kitty Island Adventure isn’t the Animal Crossing clone that the screenshots suggested it might be. It is, vaguely, similar aesthetically, but it’s an entirely different beast to play. However, what the game is is wholesome and delightful, and easily the finest game featuring Kitty and her pals to date.…
Read MoreNews by Clark A. Sega’s free-to-play JRPG/card game hybrid, Chain Chronicle, has been going strong for a solid year in Japan on both iOS and Android. As of late June, the game racked up somewhere in the ballpark of a whopping $72 million USD for its miscellaneous purchasable content. The…
Read MoreInteresting news coming out of Nintendo’s towers; the company is indeed working on a free-to-play title to be release by March 2014. This announcement came out a pre-E3 analyst briefing, and as reported by Nintendo Life it appears to be a concession by the company that this is what needs…
Read MoreAn interesting little story over at Polygon hints as a possible future for the fighting game genre – the Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate game, due for release later this year, will release in Japan with a free-to-play option. The free-to-play version will come with four characters and all of…
Read MoreA couple of years ago, the then-fledgling iPad development environment had a breakout hit in Galaxy on Fire 2 (read our review of the PC version here). This game featured some incredible production values for the platform and gameplay that surprised many people who assumed that the iOS development environment…
Read MoreI am really disappointed with Real Racing 3. That disappointment has nothing to do with the game itself, which is one of the finest racing games I’ve ever played, let alone on a mobile device, but it’s a game that is nearly crippled by an awkward free-to-play model which actively…
Read MoreIt’s easy to look at the misfortunes of Zynga and assume that social gaming is one of those fads that will soon die. That assumption of course completely neglects that fact that Japanese social giant, GREE, is not only making big inroads into the western market, but it’s doing so…
Read MorePublishing giant EA announced at Gamescom today that its upcoming C&C Generals 2 will be folded into a new online, free to play ‘platform’ called Command & Conquer. EA will “spearhead the industry’s digital revolution” with the new platform in 2013. Generals 2 will be the game at the forefront.…
Read MoreNo, BioWare’s Star Wars MMO The Old Republic isn’t going completely free to play, but it is adding an option for newbies to feel the force for nothing (and some cool stuff for those already onboard). Starting this Fall (no strict date as of yet), the massively multiplayer online RPG…
Read MoreIn an interview posted on VideoGamer.com, Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli has stated that all of their future games beyond those already in development will be entirely free-to-play. As stated before, this bit of information comes from an interview that VideoGamer.com had with Yerli on the last day of E3. While…
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