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As far as free-to-play monetization models go, there are a couple of different overarching strategies that dominate today’s market. You have games like ArcheAge, which offers convenience bonuses like elevated experience gain, increased labor points, and more. You can see titles like The Lord of the Rings Online steadily offering some convenience and cosmetic items in their cash shops but doing a great deal of business selling content through quests and expansions.
During last weekend’s Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn fan event in Las Vegas, Square Enix, Naoki Yoshida and the development team announced the first expansion for the game called "Heavensward". We caught up with Naoki Yoshida to find out more about Heavensward. Check out our exclusive interview.
We were invited to a first look at Shadow of Revan, the new expansion for Star Wars: the Old Republic. In it, players tackle the galaxy-threatening Revan in the third installment of his centuries-spanning story. The event focused primarily on the game’s story and future content rather than the nuts and bolts of any new game systems.
The Warhammher 40k: Eternal Crusade team has announced the details about their weekly live stream event, including the exciting news that Graham McNeill, author of Black Library, will be attending. In addition, the team will be on hand to show off new models and features as well as take fan questions about the forthcoming title.
En Masse Entertainment has announced that the first expansion for TERA: Rising is on its way. Called "Fate of Arun", the expansion will take players to the home city of the Barakan race. In addition, the level cap will increase to 65. To celebrate the announcement, a trailer revealing the first information about Fate of Arun has been released.
NCSoft has confirmed that it is ‘restructuring key operations" within the company that will include a round of layoffs across all Western propertiess, including Carbine Studios, developers of WildStar. This does not, however, include ArenaNet, developers of Guild Wars 2.
This Friday at Noon PST (3pm EST) the Points of Interest crew will be joined by ArenaNet’s Colin Johanson and MMORPG.com’s own Bill Murphy for a special show about the upcoming Season 2, Episode 5.
Perfect World has announced the release of the Swordsman expansion, Gilded Wasteland. Players have new instances and dungeons to explore, an increased level cap with its attendant skills and abilities and much more to check out when logging into the game today.
Warframe players have a lot to look forward to with tomorrow’s launch of the Archwing update. Most notably, players will now be able to fly in space without the aid of a ship. Also included is a new reputation system, new quests and weapons, a deeper story and much more.
For the first time ever, DC Universe Online players can take along the legendary Green Arrow when engaging in Legends PvP. According to the team, The Green Arrow is a crafty and agile warrior that should enhance any player’s Legends experience.