The Free-to-Play Shift Continues: Rift Now Free Up to Level 20
As if EverQuest dropping subscriptions wasn't enough of a sign that the subscription-based MMO business model will eventually be replaced by free-to-play, Trion Worlds has announced it will begin allowing players to experience a good chunk of Rift 's early game content for free. It's an identical move to the one Blizzard made last summer in the face of declining World of Warcraft subscription ...

Microsoft keeps it old-school with a pricey text adventure game, Visual Studio 2010
Microsoft has jumped onto the free-to-play bandwagon with its latest game, a text-driven adventure called Visual Studio 2010 . The innovative new game marries the traditional interactive fiction text adventure with its arcane commands and exploration with the free-form, open-ended gaming pioneered by the likes of SimCity. There are two major modes to the game, a textual spell-casting game, and a ...

PlayStation Store Update
With great new PSN Games, the return of two PlayStation legends, great new PS3 Full Games and a stellar February kick-off for PlayStation Plus subscribers; there’s a lot to love with today’s update. New PSN Games hitting this week include Gotham City Impostors . Bringing a new style of multiplayer mayhem with a tongue-in-cheek Gotham City style, you’ll want to see what the players in the Beta ...

GameSpy Technology’s Indie Open House Program Brings in Four Game Developers
GameSpy Technology, a division of IGN Entertainment, Inc., has once again opened its doors to teams of independent developers selected for the Indie Open House project, which leverages GameSpy Technology and IGN Entertainment’s resources to provide free office space, technology, peer support, and consultation to help the selected teams design, craft, and execute on their inspired game ideas.

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective tops iPhone Games of the Week
The latest entry in Capcom’s stable of App Store games is also our best game of the week. It’s Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, a game in which you play a ghost working to solve his own murder (and a bunch of puzzles along the way).