[caption id="attachment_10860" align="alignleft" width="390"] Only EA's Origin for digital downloads.[/caption] JAN. 13, 2012 • BioWare has announced to its large player community that an account with EA's Origin digital distribution...

[caption id="attachment_10856" align="alignleft" width="286"] Gods & Heroes is transitioning to F2P.[/caption] JAN. 12, 2012 • Heatwave Interactive has announced it was taking its Roman themed Gods and Heroes MMO free-to-play...

JAN. 12, 2012 • More than 25 million people are actively playing titles from Electronic Arts' Play4Free label. Battlefield Heroes and Need for Speed World account for 10 million active...

JAN. 11, 2012 • According to research firm IDC, 352.4 million PC hardware units were shipped worldwide during 2011, an increase of 1.6 percent compared to 2010. Of that total,...

[caption id="attachment_10845" align="alignleft" width="390"] Will they pay later?[/caption] JAN. 11, 2012 • Since becoming an F2P game back in December, EverQuest II has seen the number of new players jump...

JAN. 9, 2012 • New York City-based Insight Venture Partners raised its stake in publisher Jagex to 55% from the 35% acquired in 2005. Jagex is best known for the...

[caption id="attachment_12267" align="alignleft" width="390"] U.K. retailer HMV may be cutting back on games.[/caption] JAN. 9, 2012 • For the nine week period ending Dec. 31, retailer GameStop reported that overall...

JAN. 5, 2012 • The veteran Flight Simulator franchise has been on hiatus since Microsoft Corp. shut down its Aces Game Studio in 2009. The series is returning this spring,...