Steam Holiday Sales Begin!
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It’s that time of year where you think you’re not spending a lot of money, but you really spend a ton to get all those deeply discounted games on Steam. Oh, I’m certainly no exception to this rule, as last year’s black Friday sale took a great deal of my money. At about 1:00 PM pacific I visited steam, and not to my surprise the website was down from all the anxious gamers checking out all the latest and greatest digital deals. Todays deals include Portal, Portal 2, Fable III, Orcs Must Die, Singularity, Amnesisa, Just Cause, Max Payne, Rift and many others at 75% off. The deals don’t end there, there are other publisher catalogs for up to 90% off!
What will you be spending your money on?
Star Wars The Old Republic: Early Access Date
I, like probably many others, learned the hard way that Star Wars The Old Republic only has a limited quantity of Early Access codes. The head start is said to begin on December 13th, 2011 only 7 days before the official launch of the game.
Star Wars The Old Republic is widely speculated to be the last true “Subscription” based game to be released, as many companies are starting to fall into the Free to Play (F2P) business model. The game is still available for pre-order via EA’s digital store Origin – for $20 more you can purchase the Digital Deluxe version and have access to a few extra goodies.
What side are you choosing? Republic or Empire?
SOE’s Everquest II Becomes F2P
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The free to play phenomenon is catching on as Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) MMORPG Everquest II went free to play on December 7th 2011, though after researching it a bit, it’s not in the true spirit of most free to play games. The free or “Bronze” members will have only 2 character slots, limited access of content including character races (you still have to purchase newer expansion packs for EQ II ), limited bag slots, equipment, and spell tiers. The other memberships include:
Silver – A silver membership can be purchased for a one-time fee of $5, which includes increased amount of character slots, spell tiers, bag and bank slots.
Gold – Gold membership is available for $14.99 per month and provides full access to the game as you would imagine any subscription type game would.
Something I noted as a bit of a downside aside from limited content for bronze and silver users is the in-game mail system. Bronze and Silver users will only be able to receive mail – while gold members will be able to send AND receive.
EQ’s change to Free to play seems more like an extended demo than an actual move to the Free to Play system.
Will you be trying out F2P Everquest?
