playervsdeveloper.blogspot.com - 27 days ago
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Massively has an interview about Free Realms and decided to bury a huge news bombshell behind the "read more" link: Starting in "early November", all classes (including previously subscription-only classes) will be free to try, but all classes (including currently free-to-play classes) will be ...
westkarana.com - 23 days ago
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westkarana.com —
In 1958, noted science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon
wrote that 90% of science fiction was crud ,...
which was generalized and explained that 90% of EVERYTHING is crud . I loved doing the Daily Blogroll, but the loss of a couple hours out of each ...
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Free Realms and Sturgeon’s Law
massively.com - 27 days ago
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massively.com —
The world of Free Realms is about to
get a bit bigger this holiday season as even...
more content is being added and improved for the game. According to Sony Online Entertainment 's Creative Director for Free Realms , Laralyn McWilliams, the game ...
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Free Realms to introduce new job, pets, player housing ...
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Not So Free Realms
Life is a Mind Bending Puzzle —
Than you to Green Armadillo for highlighting the fact that Free Realms is going to put a barrier in at level 5 beyond which you must be a subscriber to advance. As Green Armadillo himself puts it: ...
Free Realms and Sturgeon’s Law
West Karana —
... Now it seems I don’t have to worry about playing all, any more, because Free Realms is no longer free. The Teal Terrapin noticed ...
Tackling a Boss Monster
Nerf the Cat —
... Free Realms transforms into Fee Realms at level 5 in more microtransation news. Don’t mind this one so much as you get to dabble free, and apparently the costs are fairly small. ...
Peace on Earth and RMT to Games Companies
Welcome to Spinksville! —
... Player vs Developer spotted an announcement buried deep in an interview about Free Realms about a shift in philosophy for that game also. Previously, a large part of the game was free to play. If you picked up a monthly sub you got access to more powerful and interesting classes to play, and access to extra quests and activities. In addition they had an item shop selling many of the usual suspects (pets, cosmetic items, potions, equipment). ...
WoW selling pets as microtransactions
Cuppytalk —
... In other news regarding microtransactions, Free Realms is making some changes to their on-ramp and paywall. All classes will be open to play up until level 5, regardless if you’re a subscriber or not. They’re learning a little bit about the free-to-play model I see. I’ve said before that I don’t think they’ve nailed the ...
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