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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.

Update 9 for The Lord of the Rings Online detailed

Posted: 10.12.2012 by JonahFalcon

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Warner Bros. Interactive has announced the contents of what will be included in Update 9 of The Lord of the Rings Online. Unsurprisingly, many of them deal with the events of The Hobbit, which is being released in theaters this month.

Veteran Elder Scrolls developer joins Turbine

Posted: 20.10.2012 by JonahFalcon

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Videogame industry veteran Ken Rolston, part of the creative force behind The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, is joining MMO developer Turbine.

Riders of Rohan now available for The Lord of the Rings Online

Posted: 15.10.2012 by JonahFalcon

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Warner Bros. Interactive has announced that the latest major expansion to the free-to-play MMO The Lord of the Rings Online is now available for download. The new expansion, Riders of Rohan, focuses on the land of Eastern Rohan where the Mark ride against Sauron's Orcs.

Turbine doesn't forget Tolkein's epic story in new Riders of Rohan dev diary

Posted: 26.09.2012 by JonahFalcon

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The Lord of the Rings Online developer Turbine has released a new developer diary for the Riders of Rohan expansion, explaining how despite the massive world of Middle-Earth, their primary goal is to tell JRR Tolkein's epic tale.