Microsoft announces first free-to-play Xbox 360 game
The company announced on its PlayXBLA.com web site that it will release Happy Wars later this year. The downloadable Xbox Live Arcade game is a multiplayer action title from developer Toylogic that features " ... exciting castle siege and magic spell battle action for madcap free-for-all battles in fantasy world settings."
The game will be free to download and play for Xbox 360 gamers who are subscribers to the Xbox Live Gold service. However, Microsoft adds that Happy Wars will let players " ... buy lavishly rendered items at the Item Shop etc. for your character to flaunt your originality on the field of valor."
While this will be the first Xbox 360 game with this kind of microtransaction model, Sony has already released a few free-to-play games for the Playstation 3, including the first-person shooter No Man's Land earlier this year. Sony and developer CCP Games will also launch the highly anticipated sci-fi shooter Dust 514 as a free-to-play game later this year.
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jeckelbrothers2Posted:
RabiesRule34Obsidian no way is Microsoft giving something for free
You're probably gonna have to buy all of the good armor, weapons, or whatever they may have available. Trust me, this will end up costing like $20-30 if you're an avid player.
Ya i agree with you they will probally sell the good Armour and Weapons.
i bet you have to be a gold member to play/download the game
jeckelbrothers2Posted:
MoDOT The only free game and it has to look stupid and bad. Well Ill just save my memory.
Aegis Wing's was free on xbox and it was a good fun game, and had up to 4 players. I am not sure if they still offer the game, and i think there was another free puzzle game called hex or something like that...
SwiftPosted:
GoldenDiamonds Hmmm... free?
I know right....I had to make sure I was in the Xbox section.
RabiesPosted:
Rule34Obsidian no way is Microsoft giving something for free
You're probably gonna have to buy all of the good armor, weapons, or whatever they may have available. Trust me, this will end up costing like $20-30 if you're an avid player.
Ya i agree with you they will probally sell the good Armour and Weapons.
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