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Rift mimics the free-to-play experience with Rift Lite

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Trion Worlds is taking a cue from Activision Blizzard when it comes to Rift. Not long ago, World of Warcraft adopted a practice where newcomers could play the game for free until they reach level 20, to allow people to get a taste of the MMORPG. Now, Trion Worlds has announced it will do the more »

EverQuest’s free-to-play starting this March

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EverQuest is going to be turning 13 this year and Sony Online Entertainment has discovered the best way ever to commemorate the occasion. The official birthday is March 16, 2012 and, sometime around then, EverQuest will go free-to-play. If you want to keep subscribing, with either a $5 a month Silver membership or $14.99 a more »

Star Trek Online is free to play, time to make a captain

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There’s some good news on the internet today for people who always wanted to try that Star Trek MMO, but didn’t actually want to pay to play it. Star Trek Online is now free. Of course, there is still a cash shop and people can pay $14.99 to become a Gold Member and have access more »

Dancing makes Star Wars: The Old Republic Players untouchable

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If you are playing Star Wars: The Old Republic, there’s another pretty awesome, unintentional trick out there you might have missed. And, unfortunately, BioWare’s now aware of it so you’ll probably never get to try it. As in many MMOs, players can direct their avatars to do silly little actions that don’t have any real more »

Star Wars: The Old Republic players suspended for visiting Ilum

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So, did you hear about the guy who was banned for visiting a planet he shouldn’t have been visiting yet in the latest Star Wars MMO? There’s some truth to it and it didn’t just happen to that one guy. See, Star Wars: The Old Republic is still bright, shiny and new, which means sometimes more »

SWTOR Mobile Security Key makes your account more hacker-proof

SWTOR Mobile Security Key

Star Wars: The Old Republic is off to a good start. The latest MMO from EA and BioWare already has over a million players that have logged more than 60 million hours in the game. With a title that’s new and popular like this, there is an increased chance of unauthorized access into player accounts. more »

Gameloft’s $0.99 Android sale is live

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After a couple days of waiting, Gameloft’s Android sale is up and running. From now until January 5, all of Gameloft’s titles should be $0.99 in the Android Market. I used the word “should” because some games are still showing up at their original prices. Gameloft will most likely work this out as the day more »

Upcoming Gameloft sale reduces all Android games to $0.99

Modern Combat 3

Gameloft, the developer of games other companies have already developed, is ringing in the new year with a big Android sale. Gameloft will cut the price of all its Android offerings to $0.99 starting on December 29. It’ll last until January 5, 2012.

Amazon PC download sale includes Battlefield 3 for $39.95 [Update]

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Amazon has added more games to its list of late-breaking deals. Amazon regularly makes changes to this list, so it’s best to jump on the deals while you still can. Last week, Amazon sold PC downloads of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Dead Island, Duke Nukem Forever and more at a huge discount. Today, Amazon turned its more »

Kmart December 18 – 24 ad is heavy with holiday gaming discounts

Tomorrow will bring in the last week before Christmas. That means Sunday’s ad circulars will contain last-minute gift ideas at discounted prices. The Sunday ad for Kmart made its way to my mailbox a couple days ago, and it has a lot of gaming deals lurking inside. There are only a couple instances in which being a Shop Your Way Rewards member comes in handy, but for the most part, these discounts are for everyone.