Running real-money games is a very different type of experience than free-play games and Zynga has zero experience doing it.
The days of subscription-based and pay-to-play online games are numbered as free-to-play games take center stage.
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Facebook also fares well, with a full 80 percent of gamers using the computer to play a free-to-play title.
More development options means more games, and free-to-play means the chance to play more of them.
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Quality free-to-play shooters are hard to come by, but CCP believes in the model.
In fact, according to Crytek boss Cevat Yerli, all future Crytek games will be free-to-play.
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The mechanics, art, flavor, free-to-play structure, and tactical structure of the title are all top notch.
The mana system makes enjoying Animal Legends as a fully free-to-play title a considerable challenge.
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The entire title is now free-to-play, with Valve only making money from microtransactions within the game.
Developer Activision has teamed up with Chinese internet service provider Tencent on the free-to-play title.
Tribes: Ascend is a fast-paced, highly entertaining shooter almost fun enough to forgive the free-to-play model.
We wanted to make the highest quality free-to-play game that had ever been made.
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Free-to-Play is the dominating model today, especially on Android, and we need to stay ahead of that.
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The game will likely employ micro-transactions, which have become all the rage in the free-to-play gaming space.
The game is exclusive to PS3, but past that, is a free-to-play downloadable title for the system.
The Banner Saga: Factions is a free-to-play player-vs-player tactical combat game featuring snowy landscapes, taverns, and vikings.
In fact, an MMO basically needs to be either free-to-play or a one-time purchase with a cash shop.
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This browser based, free-to-play title looks like it has a ton of potential for RPG and CCG lovers.
It pulls off a free-to-play experience that can run on just about anything, played over minutes or months.
But with the demise of retail PC gaming, the company shifted its focus to the free-to-play online space.
TF2 was where Valve first introduced free-to-play, as well as microtransactions with its hat system (among many other initiatives).
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Now, even Starcraft, the grand old man of competitive PC gaming, is at least considering Free-to-play as an option.
"The microtransaction-based free-to-play business model is a new endeavour for Blizzard, and hopefully they'll execute it well, " she added.
The free-to-play model, though popular everywhere, has struck a particular chord in China.
According to that PlaySpan survey, 82 percent of women and 72 percent of men prefer the free-to-play business model.
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We had a chance to talk with Andy Yang, CEO of Playhaven, about how free-to-play is changing the game.
Like Square Enix, Ubisoft is experimenting with so-called free-2-play, or F2P, online models.
The real problem, though, is that the much-hyped trend toward mobile and free-to-play is little better than Utopian thinking.
Kongregate's free-to-play downloadable games will also be integrated into some of the popular social elements Kongregate users are familiar with.
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As a result, Ubisoft is taking a cue from numerous iOS and Android developers, turning their attention to free-to-play games.
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