Video Game Business

JULY 18, 2011 • Broadband distribution firm Exent Technologies launched GameTanium, a $4.99 Android subscription service that gives Android mobile users an all-you-can-eat selection of 75 titles [...]

JULY 15, 2011 • Ubisoft U-Play will use a DLC passport system for its core game titles. Titles by the publisher purchased used will require a $9.95 fee to access multiplayer matchmaking and [...]

JULY 14, 2011 • GamersFirst, the publisher that purchased failed MMO All Points Bulletin and turned the title into a viable free-to-play business, said it was seriously considering shipping the [...]

JULY 12, 2011 • Another major publisher bent on acquiring free-to-play studio expertise is Ubisoft. The company acquired  Paris-based studio Owlient, which has been has been creating F2P content [...]

JULY 11, 2011 • Developer CCP says it will charge a “cover fee” that players will have to pay in order to play DUST 514 on the PlayStation 3. The title is primarily a free-to-play [...]