Welcome to the MMO Update, a weekly column that focuses on various happenings within the world of MMOs. This is where we talk about bits of news that probably didn’t deserve separate posts during the week, but are still worth discussing! As if you didn’t already know, PAX East is going on right now! We’ve [...]
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MMO Update: Free Realms Hits PS3, New The Old Republic Trailer …
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Blizzard offers more growth to come to World of Warcraft
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Free Realms Launching in April | EngageDigital
At a press preview for Free Realms, the upcoming free-to-play casual MMO, Sony Online Entertainment announced that it would be launching the PC version in early April. A PlayStation 3 edition is set for a later launch, likely in Q3 2009. Free Realms targets the youth market, from 10-14, and is looking for a variety [...]
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Happy first birthday Free Realms! | Massively
As the song goes — It’s Your World — and one year later, the team at Sony Online Entertainment have shown that to be true by adding requested content like pets, mounts, player housing, and games like soccer and pirate ship battles! Now, one year after initial launch, Free Realms has crossed the 10 million [...]
Latest Humble Indie Bundle Passes $1.3M
The latest pay-what-you-want “Humble Bundle” collection of indie games, which includes Braid and Cortex Command, among others, has passed the $1.3 million mark, part of which goes to charity. The “Humble Indie Bundle #2″ reached the milestone in about a week, about in line with the performance of the original Humble Bundle that released in [...]
Mac owners will get to explore Free Realms soon
Over 14 million people already play Sony’s Free Realms, but that number might just grow exponentially before 2010 ends. See, those 14 million people are all Windows users and Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) has just confirmed that the Mac version of the game will be released before Fall 2010 ends. Which means a whole new, [...]
It's the F2P Gamers Movement!
I’m sure we’ve all wanted this at some point or another… Hot on the tails of LOTRO’s free to play launch, something fairly odd came down the wire today about a new “Free to Play Gamers Movement,” <a href="http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=23214tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=23214Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:15:30 GMT 00:00″>It's the F2P Gamers Movement!
Can Sony's Free Realms Compete With Club Penguin? «
When it comes to MMOs, freemium worlds for kids are enormously popular and lucrative; for the most part, however, the major game publishers have done little to pursue this market. That changes this month with the launch of Free Realms, a colorful virtual world from Sony Online Entertainment. Since this new franchise is targeted at [...]
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Head Out to Summer Camp!
Free Realms launches the new Summer Camp event. Last night’s patch brought the launch of the Summer Camp event. Players can help out Camp Chatty and Camp Robbie, the two infamous mascots of Free Realms, with their various tasks and games. Test your mettle in a race against time, scavenger hunts and even a battle [...]
