The AV Club recently posted an article on reasons why folks might choose to toss money at “free-to-play” games. Having lightly dipped my toes and flung some of my own coin into in the free-to-play waters, it piqued my interest. The writer came up with three motives players might choose to pay money in otherwise…
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Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel and the Limitations of Free-to-Play
A couple weeks ago, I went-off on free-to-play games, saying that I think that the model is irredeemable at this point. I even went so far as to say that there are no good free to play games. While I do stand by the first statement, I feel as though I need to take back…
I’m Now Absolutely Convinced That ‘Free To Play’ Will Always Be Awful!
There was a time when I thought that free to play could be okay. I mean, I thought that it would exist mostly as another option alongside traditional paid games. I also thought that free to play games would also still be designed to be games first. Well, we’ve been dealing with this model in…
PUBG Will Be Free-To-Play Starting Next Year
Despite a ton of (better) competition in the battle royale genre, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) is still somehow hanging in there. What’s crazier, it’s been hanging in there as a “paid” game this whole time! Well, that’ll be changing come January. After all these years, PUBG is finally going free-to-play (F2P).
Looks Like Fortnite Just Got Even Bigger
Even though Epic has been constantly tweaking the game ever since it first launched in late 2017, Fortnite has always felt like more or less the same game. With this newest update though, that might not be the case anymore. New weapons and even vehicles are to be expected, but brand new systems are something…
Microtransactions – Are they good for games?
Microtransactions or micropayments, are a dirty little schemes cell phone games and video games have used to hook gamers into paying to play. These strategies have a bad reputation because they have a frustrating method to get players to buy additional content. But these schemes work, why? Gamers like additional content and are willing to…
VIRTUAL BASTION 