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Zynga Partying Like It's 19991 comment

Noel wrote 4 weeks ago: By Noel Bagwell June 19, 2009 Usually local news broadcasts have little national relevance. In the c … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Games, Internet, World of Warcraft, zynga, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Blizzard Entertainment

Dungeons And Dragons Is Free To Play Now

kamanashi wrote 1 month ago: Well, now peopel can play D&D online for free. But, who truly would want to play this anyways? D … more →

Tags: PC, D&D, D&D Online, Dungeons and Dragons, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Free, Free To Play, MMO, MMORPG

Games come to Twitter

tagami wrote 1 month ago: Games have arrived on Twitter. This is not a new phenomenon. As early as March of 2008, Ze Frank cam … more →

Tags: Games, Microtransaction, twitter, LinkedIn

Initial Impressions: Battleforge (PC - Free to Play)1 comment

rusted3572 wrote 1 month ago: As you may have read in my previous post, as of yesterday the new card-based RTS from EA, ‘Ba … more →

Tags: Games, Free To Play, Free Game, EA, battleforge, Battle Forge, card battle, Deck Building, micro-transactions

Suddenly, a problem with Microtransactions?2 comments

edubois wrote 3 months ago: I used to never see the big deal with microtransactions (i.e. paying for DLC and so forth on Xbox Li … more →

Tags: development, Game Industry, DLC, instant action, Lore Aftermath, Online

Shooting Myself in the Foot?5 comments

arbitrary wrote 4 months ago: In my youth, RMT was just a trade union who, when they went on strike, caused a few troubles to my g … more →

Tags: MMO's, Massively Multiplayer, Money, Real Money Transactions, Revenue Streams, Vanguard

Fair Play or Out of Bounds? DLC and Microtransactions in Sports Video Games3 comments

andykrosenberg wrote 4 months ago: At my current internship, many of the clients I work with are those in the MMO and virtual worlds bu … more →

Tags: Video Games, Activision, blizzard, Capcom, DLC, FIFA, guitar hero, Harmonix, MMO

In-Game Advertising in Sports Video Games... Why It Works.6 comments

andykrosenberg wrote 4 months ago: This is a topic I have been meaning to write about for a while. As revenue models are changing thr … more →

Tags: Video Games, 2K Sports, advertising, Barack Obama, Burnout: Paradise, DLC, EA, Electronic Arts, FIFA

The Darker Side of Free-to-Play MMORPGs1 comment

micheallawrence wrote 4 months ago: I recently read this article about F2P Asian MMO ZT Online. ZT Online is heavily focused on getting … more →

Tags: Other, Economy, Games, China, MMORPG, ZT Online, censorship

The demise of the Gold Farmer: Microtransactions in SWTOR

azh4dead wrote 6 months ago: Source. Much has been argued and reported on regarding the notion of micro-transactions in Star Wars … more →

Tags: Games, star wars, SWTOR

RMT and Microtransactions Rant13 comments

Wilhelm2451 wrote 7 months ago: In which I opine about the positioning of the deckchairs on the Titanic. First off, what Blizzard is … more →

Tags: Everquest, EverQuest II, World of Warcraft, EVE Online, Sony Online Entertainment, Entertainment, blizzard, RMT, micropayments

My Name use to be Bob, but you can call me Betty3 comments

theerivs wrote 7 months ago: I was reading about Blizz’s charactor customization that cost 15 bucks on Tobolds.  I thought … more →

Tags: World of Warcraft, Sex change

Paid Sex Change!5 comments

doofythepaladin wrote 7 months ago: First there was the paid server transfer. Alright, that’s cool, let people escape to a better … more →

Tags: just too weird, Random, paid sex changes

New Article Spamvertisement1 comment

thegame21x wrote 8 months ago: Yep, it’s that time of the week where I spam–er…advertise my recently published ar … more →

Tags: Editorial, Games, Reviews, DLC, Far Cry 2, Talk Xbox, Talk Xbox Reviews, xbox 360, Xbox Live

Announcing the beta launch of Pet Society!481 comments

kristian segerstrale wrote 11 months ago: We at Playfish have been hard at work all summer and are finally pleased to announce the beta launc … more →

Tags: Games, facebook, pet society, playfish, social games

Online Monetization: Beyond Advertising and into Microstransactions2 comments

danreich wrote 1 year ago: Let me start by saying this: I firmly believe online advertising is and will continue to play an ess … more →

Tags: A thought, technology, Revenue, Lotame, twitter, Monetization, advertising

Battlefield Heroes: Trailer, Evil?6 comments

trippenbach wrote 1 year ago: There’s a trailer, folks: The trailer is a bit lame, if you ask me, but it does explain t … more →

Tags: Games, EA, battlefield heroes, trailer, micropayment, Game

EA Microtransactions display worrying signs of Evil6 comments

trippenbach wrote 1 year ago: We’ve posted about microtransactions before on Objective 514. That post spawned quite a bit of … more →

Tags: Games, Bad Company, battlefield heroes, EA, Xbox

EA's Battlefield Heroes Trailer1 comment

Zack wrote 1 year ago: EA’s upcoming foray into the world of free gaming Battlefield Heroes drew a lot of attention … more →

Tags: PC Gaming, EA, Gaming News, Online, Battlefield, Heroes, Free, Team Fortress 2, trailer


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