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Xfire: Free-to-play titles "continue to gain rapid user adoption and retention"

Posted: 14.05.2013 by Technet2k

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Free-to-play games aren't some fad, they're getting bigger and now starting to nip at the heels. Xfire has stated, in a recent report, that F2P with micro-transactions are becoming mainstream among gamers.

Xfire runs a free chat and server browser client and has seen their World of Warcraft numbers tumble, while League of Legends rockets upward. The "rapid ascension" of F2P took them by surprise.

Riot bans Elo-boosting League of Legends players

Posted: 20.03.2013 by Nakerman

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Riot Games is getting tough. Eight players have been temporarily suspended from League of Legends season two, with all rewards also withdrawn. These individuals have been caught in the act of Elo-boosting. In layman's terms, this means logging into someone else's account to help improve your own.

League of Legends developer Riot expanding into Australia

Posted: 28.02.2013 by JonahFalcon

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League of Legends developer Riot Games has announced on their official site that the studio will be opening an Australian studio.

League of Legends Team Solo Medbi players receive lifetime bans for anti-Semitism and abuse

Posted: 25.01.2013 by JonahFalcon

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Riot Games has issued a lifetime ban two professional League of Legends players for anti-Semitism, racism and abuse, while a third received a lesser year-long ban.

Report: UK free-to-play market worth £216m Poll

Posted: 01.11.2012 by Technet2k

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Research firm SuperData claims in a report that the UK will generate £216 million this year in revenue from virtual goods. These are micro-transaction from the likes of FarmVille and League of Legends.

£812 million has already been pulled in by retail sales in the most arduous year yet for the sector, and it's a figure expected to dramatically rise in the next 8 weeks. UK F2P worth £266.1m by 2015.
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