Time was, and not that long ago either, you could suggest to an investor that you take your mmo “free to play” – and in return you would receive a look normally reserved for a three headed donkey. Now, of course, it’s all the rage with developers hoping lightning will strike yet a third time…
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Have it all
How the world turns…especially when it is a virtual world. A few years ago if you had even breathed the words “free to play” or “cash shop” you would have been ridden out of town on a rail (or railgun if you are an Eve Online player). I know…I screamed a bit about it myself. …
Bring out your dead
What do Medieval Europe and Aion Online have in common? They are both beset by a plague spread by rats – only in the case of Aion Online the rats are called Gold Sellers. As we discussed earlier in our virtual pub (“Methinks thou dost protest too much”) gaming forums are full to the…