Square Enix has announced that Foamstars is going free to play in October, and the game will no longer require a PlayStation Plus subscription to play.
Dark and Darker PC has a new free to play option, and the team has reduced early game learning curves to help make things more welcoming ahead of a new season.
Star Citizen will be free to play, with a three-day "Free Fly" event allowing players to take vehicles for a spin.
AFK Journey, the sequel to AFK Arena, is out now on PC and mobile, taking us back to the world of Esperia in a new free to play fantasy live-service RPG.
Wayfinder's next update focuses on Inventory and XP Buffs. The new update is set to roll out next week.
A rough launch and technical issues has led Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore developer Gellyberry Studios to take development and publishing independent, and make the game free to play with a relaunch in the works.
Debuting on PlayStation 5, Naraka Bladepoint has gone free to play for all, and the new update adds a brand new weapon, new training tutorials, and even a friendly, sweeping new instance.
Monetization in MMORPGs has always been a slippery slope, especially after the rise of free-to-play titles in the gaming industry. We look at the most popular MMOs out now, analyze their monetization and discuss what ideal monetization could look like.
Melee battle royale title Naraka: Bladepoint announced a huge milestone today during its Naraka Fest event, stating that the battle royale had reached 20 million players worldwide in the game's two years since launch. Additionally, Naraka will be coming to PlayStation 5 and adopting a free-to-play model on July 13th.
Gundam Evolution is getting one of the most iconic Gundams in the series' history as part of its Season 3 mid-season update this month. Gundam Heavyarms Custom (EW) will enter the arena in the 6v6 first-person Gundam game, bringing Trowa's, well, heavily armored mobile suit to the fray.
As the somewhat spiritual successor to the Xbox hit Happy Wars, Toylogic attempts to recreate that feeling of light-hearted castle warfare with Warlander. Unfortunately, Toylogic missed the mark this time around and delivered a mostly generic title that seems more focused on monetization than interesting gameplay.
Is there any weight to the opinion that the free to play model will inevitably collapse, and be replaced by something else? Or will free to play be here to stay?
Overwatch 2 has risen from the ashes of 2016's first Overwatch installment, making the transition from regularly priced multiplayer hero shooter to free-to-play hero shooter in 2022. The new launch from Blizzard has been long in the making, and is now live on every major platform for free.
The free-to-play Smash Bros-like brawler, MultiVersus, is now officially live after a weeklong early access period. The Warner Bros brawler brings characters from across DC, Scooby-Doo, Game of Thrones and more to battle it out against each other.
Fall Guys has seen 20 million players jump into the wacky battle royale party game since re-launching as a free-to-play title, according to developer Mediatonic.