massively.com - 5/15/2009
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Putting aside all arguments of who Free Realms is made for, or what audience might enjoy it, here's something that can we can all agree on -- this new TV spot is definitely for a younger crowd. Seeing MMO ads on TV always reminds us how mainstream our little corner of the gaming scene has ...
massively.com - 5/15/2009
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massively.com —
We've known it was going to be a
strong contender since the first time we laid eyes...
on Free Realms . Once we stepped into the world last month and started playing the game, we knew it was going to be even bigger than we'd previously thought. Sure ...
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Free Realms destroys the 1 million account speed record
tobolds.blogspot.com - 5/11/2009
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tobolds.blogspot.com —
After leveling my first job, blacksmith, to the
level cap of 20 in Free Realms, I received...
a quest to reforge a magical sword, but that quest involved going into a high-level dungeon, where your blacksmithing level doesn't help you a bit. So this ...
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Free Realms combat
examiner.com - 5/23/2009
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examiner.com —
An examination of Free Realms by a 24-year-old
woman. This article begins as sort of a Free...
Realms journey as the player tries out the many different aspects of the game.
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My Free Realms experience: Part one
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Freerealms Has A Million Users, Not Including Your Raiding Guild
Broken Toys —
Congratulations to SOE for possibly the fastest growing online game ever, breaking the 1 million mark in less than a month. (Cheesy TV ads may have helped.) Just as a reference, it took World of Warcraft three months to break the 1 million mark.
It’s important to note of course that, given the name of the game, these are not paid subscriptions, but still, 1 million users in 3 weeks is a milestone by any definition. Of course, if you base MMO popularity solely off the length of Broken Toys comments thread, Darkfall is the most popular MMO of ALL TIME ...
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mmoquests.com 4/24/2009 —
Of course I had to jump on the Free Realms bandwagon and add a post about the upcoming game here! The NDA was dropped yesterday afternoon and since then there have been posts galore (not to mention tweets) about this brightly coloured world.
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Free Realms: A beginner's guide
massively.com 4/27/2009 —
For the last few weeks, the internet has been buzzing about the Free Realms beta. Everyone seems to be giving codes away, including us . But, for those of you who've been marooned on a desert island, what exactly is Free Realms and what makes it ...
Free Realms Beta Review
ferrel.me 4/23/2009 — SOE was kind enough to send me a beta invite to their new MMO, Free Realms, a little while ago. I gave it a spin and have been waiting for the NDA to pass before I could release my review.
Setting up the game was a breeze. I logged in with my station account and [...]
It’s Your World! (Free Realms)
cuppycake.org 4/23/2009 — Thankfully, the Free Realms NDA has dropped today - meaning I can blab all I want about the game now.
Disclaimer: Consider me biased. My boyfriend is a designer on the game, and I have lots of friends on the team. I’ll try to be objective, ...
Free Realms: The Constructive Criticism
cuppycake.org 5/11/2009 — Everyone knows I love Free Realms. All the more, I want to see it flourish and succeed. I think it’s a very good game, and by far the most polished game SOE has put out. In the spirit of Cuppycake’s fair and unbiased blogging, I feel ...
Free Realms Trading Card Game
tobolds.blogspot.com 4/24/2009 — Today is the official release date of the Free Realms Trading Card Game from Topps, although boxes have been sighted in some toy stores already earlier this week. The FRTCG is a simplified version of Magic the Gathering. That isn't necessarily a bad ...
Free Realms launches Tuesday
massively.com 4/27/2009 —
In what is quite possibly the shortest 'closed' (public) beta ever, Sony Online Entertainment has decided to bring their free-to-play family fun game of clicky-addictiveness Free Realms live - tomorrow! Yes, this means just a few days past two ...
Free Realms - beta preview
tobolds.blogspot.com 4/27/2009 — While looking through the Free Realms beta forums, I just saw that without much fanfare SOE has dropped the NDA. So, mystery solved, the game I am having so much fun in the beta, but couldn't talk about, is Free Realms. Which will come to some ...
A Guide to Combat in Free Realms
mmogamer.com 7/23/2009 — Pamela over at MMOSite.com has published an interesting piece on how combat works in SOE’s kid-oriented free-2-play title Free Realms .
I believe what’s fun for kids can be fun for adults. It’s true of Free Realms as a whole, but when broken down there are aspects of the ...
Free Realms Beta Impressions
keenandgraev.com 4/25/2009 —
The NDA is down for Free Realms. I’ve been testing since the closed beta began, which hasn’t been too long actually, and I have a few things to share about the game. I don’t really feel like formatting this post, so I’m ...
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