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Many expansion packs added an entire new games worth of content and were sold at a discounted price.
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Typical in-app purchases include in-game currency, magazine issues and expansion packs inside games.
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Overall, ConQuest Online is a satisfying online CCG that is likely to improve over time as future expansion packs introduce awesome new pieces.
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These new, sprawling fantasy games offer substantial expansion packs every few months and typically require more frequent playing sessions than the older generation of simple apps.
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World of Warcraft (WoW) has helped ATVI maintain its stock price, with this one single game providing roughly 30% of the revenue for the entire company via its expansion packs and monthly payments.
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There was a reason expansion packs worked, because they were not afterthoughts, they were a culmination of ideas they had during and after the creation of the first game, then developed and sold.
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From the team that created Titan Quest, Grim Dawn has big ideas for the future, including full-blown expansion packs rather than micro-transactions or DLC that will introduce new stories, classes, and so forth.
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Paid-for expansion packs are also available, and represent a mix of shortcuts to in-game content (a personal space station to store spare ships, rather than part-exchanging them) and further chapters for those who have finished the story missions.
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It recently launched expansion packs for many of its games and is expected to launch a couple of new games like Heaven Sword, Swordsman Online and Dragon Saber, which could help provide a near term boost in user numbers.
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