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Google To Retire The Term “Free-to-Play” After EU Pressure

Ricky from Twinfinite writes: "Google has responded to pressure from the European Union to regulate its marketing of free-to-play games by making a drastic change; removing the term "free" from games with in-app purchases altogether."

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Chrono3567d ago

Why didn't they ask Apple to do the same?

rdgneoz33567d ago

"The investigation has lead to a lot of pressure being placed on Apple and Google by the European Commission regarding consumer awareness and misleading terms of use, such as “free-to-play”, pressure which today finally caused one of the two F2P giants to fold."

"Apple, however, has not made such a maneuver. From the press release, the Commission stated that “no concrete and immediate solutions have been made by Apple to date to address the concerns linked in particular to payment authorization…."

If you read the article, they did ask Apple. Just Apple has decided that they'll "address those concerns" but don't have a time frame on when they would if they ever do.

Soldierone3567d ago

Good, now get EA on board so we stop hearing it. Call it Fee To Play now.

dcj05243567d ago

Warframe is 100% Free to play by the way.

KwietStorm_BLM3567d ago

That's stupid. This whole debate has been a fight against nothing but ignorance. If you don't want to buy anything, don't buy anything. The game is still free to download and play. It's funny because the whole thing started because of some parents letting their kids free roam with their device, not knowing they were racking up fees. Never mind the people who are just upset that they don't know what a free to play game is.

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Flame of Valhalla is a Nordic Fantasy MMORPG Up for Pre-registration

Leniu Games has started taking pre-registrations of its Nordic fantasy open world MMO, Flame of Valhalla. This game features the War of Gods erupted in the mystical realm of Asgard, known as the land of gods as seen in various movies and TV series. The game is expected to release in first half of May 2024.

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The INDIE Live Expo 2024 event is to feature over 100 game titles

INDIE Live Expo, Japan’s premiere online digital showcase series , will debut never-before-seen games & content updates across more than 100 titles on May 25th.

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German Computer Game Awards 2024 has just announced its winners

"The best games of the year and the creative teams behind them were in the spotlight at the grand award ceremony of the German Computer Game Award 2024." - German Computer Game Awards.

anast2d ago

BG3 has won everything possible. It's insane.

TGG_overlord2d ago

That's right, well, BG3 deserved it imo.

anast2d ago

It's definitely a game of the generation if not all time.

InUrFoxHole2d ago

Sure buddy... You're trying to tell me it has a deeper story than goat 🐐 simulator 4000?!?!?. I wanna give bg3 a shot but my brain is burnt out on long games