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  • Just A Thought: Celebrate Video Game Diversity

    Sean Halliday spares a quick thought and celebrates the diversity of the modern video game market.

  • The Five Commandments of DLC

    Tony lays down the law for developers making DLC.

  • Blacklight: Retribution Now Live on PS4

    PlayStation 4 early adopters will have yet another free to play title to add to their libraries today. Blacklight: Retribution, the first person shooter from Zombie Studios, released at launch in America, but suffered a minor delay here in the UK. With it being a free to play title a PS+ subscription isn’t required to…

  • Soul Calibur to Go Free-to-Play in Next Instalment

    Namco Bandai games today announced that the next instalment of the Soul Calibur series is to be a free to play PS3 title entitled ‘Lost Swords’. Outside of the name and platform details are a little light on the ground. No images have been released thus far, and the extent of the free to play…

  • Party chat free on Playstation 4

    In a video published on the Playstation Access’ Youtube channel today, it was revealed that party chat will be available on the Playstation 4 and that no Playstation Plus account will be required to use it, making it absolutely free for all PS4 owners. Unlike the Xbox 360 and the Xbox One, apps such as…

  • Rift succumbs to the F2P model

    It’s not the first and it certainly won’t be the last to jump from a subscription-based model to the free to play one, but Rift held out for a surprisingly long time. Numerous MMOs emerged and subsequently went F2P while Rift stuck to it’s pay to play guns but now it goes to join its…

  • Total War: Rome II Due 3rd September; Pre-Order DLC and Collector’s Set Available

    Additionally, players who pre-order the game now will receive the “Greek States Culture Pack” – downloadable content which adds the Athens, Epirus and Sparta factions. This content is expected at launch, alongside the Pontus faction day-0 DLC, free to everybody who buys the game. But if pre-order DLC isn’t enough for you, there’s also a…

  • Firaxis Announces Free-to-Play Title Haunted Hollow

    Taking a break from console and PC development, Firaxis’ next title will a mobile strategy game with a “haunted house” theme. Haunted Hollow will see players take control of a spooky mansion filled with monsters on the outskirts of a small town. There, they will be tasked with battling a competing player (or computer opponent)…

  • Do Free to Play Games Hit the Mark?

    I recently bought myself a new laptop because my last one had a number of keys missing, Ubuntu installed and a failed graphics chipset. The new HP laptop isn’t anything special but it packs some punch and I wanted to play some games. The first idea that came into my head were free-to-play games. I…