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Id Software wanted Quake Champions to be “ready for the floodgates to open” before going free-to-play News Aug 13th, 2018

Id Software wanted Quake Champions to be “ready for the floodgates to open” before going free-to-play

But despite the model change, Champions is still in Early Access for the time being

EA "interested" in experimenting with standalone free-to-play battle royale game News Jul 30th, 2018

EA "interested" in experimenting with standalone free-to-play battle royale game

Publisher potentialy after them Fortnite dollars

Poor launch sees The Culling 2 get the axe, developer Xaviant returns to original game News Jul 18th, 2018

Poor launch sees The Culling 2 get the axe, developer Xaviant returns to original game

“I think most of you know that last week we launched The Culling 2, and that launch was not successful"

2K to close Evolve, servers and currency going down in coming months News Jun 4th, 2018

2K to close Evolve, servers and currency going down in coming months

Turtle Rock’s 4v1 monster hunt turned out to be an evolutionary dead-end

Opinion: Radical Heights is a masterclass in how not to release a game Interviews & Opinion May 15th, 2018

Opinion: Radical Heights is a masterclass in how not to release a game

How an out-dated approach to Early Access and a business model that worked against it spelled disaster for Boss Key Productions

What Boss Key has learnt from LawBreakers for battle royale title Radical Heights Interviews & Opinion Apr 16th, 2018

What Boss Key has learnt from LawBreakers for battle royale title Radical Heights

Just days after the studio called time on its team shooter, the firm is back with a free-to-play battle royale title

LawBreakers studio Boss Key's next game is 80s-styled free-to-play battle royale game Radical Heights News Apr 10th, 2018

LawBreakers studio Boss Key's next game is 80s-styled free-to-play battle royale game Radical Heights

Launches into Early Access today, will be there for about a year

Fortnite Battle Royale wasn’t always intended to be free-to-play News Mar 22nd, 2018

Fortnite Battle Royale wasn’t always intended to be free-to-play

Epic Games reveals the game mode was developed in just two months

38m people have signed up to play free-to-play Warframe News Mar 14th, 2018

38m people have signed up to play free-to-play Warframe

"We had no expectations it would endure even half as long," creative director Sinclair says

One week after release H1Z1 is going free-to-play News Mar 8th, 2018

One week after release H1Z1 is going free-to-play

Developer Daybreak attempts to broaden appeal as firm doubles down on battle royale esports

From premium to free-to-play and back again: Why Trion Worlds keeps making changes to Rift's business model Feature Mar 6th, 2018

From premium to free-to-play and back again: Why Trion Worlds keeps making changes to Rift's business model

CEO Scott Hartsman tells us about the free-to-play title's brand new premium service, Rift Prime

Ubisoft snaps up Brawlhalla maker Blue Mammoth News Mar 2nd, 2018

Ubisoft snaps up Brawlhalla maker Blue Mammoth

Studio's free-to-play fighting game boasts 8.3m players

What Splash Damage has learnt from four-plus years of Dirty Bomb development Interviews & Opinion Dec 7th, 2017

What Splash Damage has learnt from four-plus years of Dirty Bomb development

Announced back in 2013, it's been a long road from reveal to final release for Splash Damage's Dirty Bomb

UPDATED: Marvel Heroes studio Gazillion shut down, all staff laid off Job News Nov 28th, 2017

UPDATED: Marvel Heroes studio Gazillion shut down, all staff laid off

Game closing down today, ahead of previously-announced December 31st date

How Digital Extremes grew Warframe's player base to 30m users Success Story Nov 14th, 2017

How Digital Extremes grew Warframe's player base to 30m users

The Plains of Eidolon has helped the free-to-play title reach an even larger community

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