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The Russian invasion: Meet the man bringing free-to-play to Xbox

EuroGamer: "For Kislyi the video game business is war. It's war at every level, in fact, from the virtual battlefields upon which players skirmish daily in his company's most successful game, World of Tanks, to this, the grim theatre of E3, the video game convention where we meet in a stuffy, branded bunker. For the past three years Kislyi has commanded the Wargaming.net campaign to many victories. This much is evident in the numbers: today his game boasts 60 million registered players on PC. But officers like Kislyi are never satisfied unless gaining new ground. Now he is ready to take the war to a new front as World of Tanks prepares to invade a console."

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dazzrazz3905d ago

I highly doubt M$ will allow you to play any game without paying sub fee

darthv723905d ago (Edited 3905d ago )

"I highly doubt M$ will allow you to play any online multi-player game without paying sub fee."

All fixed for ya.

AngelicIceDiamond3905d ago

@Dazz Welcome to 2002 wait a minute?

zeal0us3905d ago (Edited 3905d ago )

Its Free After Pay.

Yes its a contradiction

Honestly why can't MS let you play these games just XBL Silver?

darthv723905d ago

The new model of F2P is Free to Paying customers.

Roper3163905d ago

free 2 play after you pay for XBL, what a joke

theWB273905d ago

F2p multiplayer is free on PS4. That's good...but you're telling me you're only going to play F2P games?

Sony may not put anything behind a paywall, but they did put the most important aspect behind it. Multiplayer for all other games. No one is going to to buy a PS4 just to watch Netflix for free.

Most people upgrading will be gamers, thus they'll want to play multiplayer, thus they'll have to pay, thus making everything not being behind a paywall moot. But keep hanging on to that...

MonChiChi3905d ago

You act as if Netflix is the only thing PS4 has.

Roper3163905d ago

I am currently a PS+ member because Sony proved the value of the service before adding the MP to it. And no matter how you try to manipulate it at the end of the day MS is making you pay for something that is free and you try to justify it for them. I kind of feel sorry for you with that way of thinking.

1lawrence3905d ago

keyword MOST that means not all so those few can enjoy even if they have no intrest in ps plus so everybody wins if u want ps plus or not n i like that about sony

HammadTheBeast3905d ago

For at least a couple months after launch I'm not playing MP, I'm just playing single-player, PLANETSIDE 2, DCUO, Blacklight, I might even check out Warframe.

So it's great that Netflix and other apps, as well as cross-game chat are free of charge.

WeedyOne3905d ago

Would be nice if I didn't have to pay for live to view Netflix. I would have continued to use my 360 next gen as a dvd player/Netflix player for one of my non-gaming televisions.

However I cannot use Netflix without paying for live so now it will sit in a closet and instead my Ps3 gets the privilege to still be relevant for many years as my non gaming 3d bluRay/ DVD / Netflix player!

dazzrazz3904d ago

As a xbl subscriber for the past 6 years I see PS+ as a better deal anyway. $10 cheaper, you get "free" game(s)each month and some other goodies like store discount. You know what M$ offered me for all those years as a valued customer ? 20 msp for my birthday, 1% discount and Crackdown game this month that I could get for a dollar...

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dark_1013905d ago

You are paying for the service, not for the game

christocolus3905d ago

How else would you play an online multipayer game without xbox live? Isn't sony doing the same thing?....smh.

AnteCash3905d ago

Youn dont need to have Plus to play F2P games online on ps4, its the same as on pc , you download and start playing.

Kayant3905d ago (Edited 3905d ago )

The only problem is that it's not really F2P on Xbox like Lukree puts it. It's Pay-for-F2P.

sovietsoldier3905d ago

world of tanks sucks! play war thunder much better.

HammadTheBeast3905d ago

Well it will be once they add tanks in.

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Escape from Tarkov and War Thunder devs keep silent about the Ukraine War, still on Russian market

From Babel UA: "With the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, sanctions against the aggressor also affected the video game industry. The largest game publishers — Ubisoft, EA Games, Rockstar — have limited sales of their products in Russia and Belarus. And Steam, GOG and Epic Games stores have stopped accepting payments in rubles. But Russian players have already learned to circumvent the bans of publishers and shops — there are many instructions about how to do this on the Internet. The situation with the game developers of the aggressor countries is even more complicated. Many of them are not officially Russian or Belarusian, but have long opened offices in Europe and work from Britain, Hungary, and other countries. Russian developers usually donʼt comment on Russiaʼs aggression against Ukraine, continue to cooperate with Western companies and sell their games to Western players. Babel tells about the games Escape from Tarkov, World of Tanks, and War Thunder, which are popular in Europe and the United States, and about the behavior of their developers, who deliberately do not publicly state their position on the war or order advertising from outspoken supporters of the Putin regime."

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RTS Gameplay Comes To World Of Tanks

This is an interesting update to the game. World of Tanks is more than just pure steel and firepower; it’s about tactics and strategy, and the latest event takes this up a gear! Players can master the Art of Strategy from today until early May.

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World of Tanks: GI JOE

WAR IS FOREVER! World of Tanks welcomes G.I. Joe & Cobra onto the battlefield. FIGHT TO SAVE THE DAY!

waverider1024d ago

Wot destroyed this game with the latest updates...