by Chris Ware on Oct 21, 2010
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Ten
Free-to-Play Games
Week
of Oct 10th - Oct 16th, 2010
1.EverQuest2
Extended
2.
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href="http://allods.gpotato.com/" target="_blank">
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/ddo">Dungeons
and Dragons
Online: Eberron Unlimited
href="http://allods.gpotato.com/" target="_blank">
href="http://everquest2.station.sony.com/">
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href="http://allods.gpotato.com/" target="_blank">
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href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/lotro">The Lord of the
Rings
Online
4.
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href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/taxonomy/term/2553"
target="_blank">
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/taxonomy/term/2553"
target="_top">
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/taxonomy/term/2553"
target="_blank">
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/taxonomy/term/2553"
target="_blank">
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/taxonomy/term/2553">
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href="http://us.runesofmagic.com/us/index.html">Runes
of Magic
5.
target="_blank">
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/taxonomy/term/856"
target="_top">
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/taxonomy/term/2394"
target="_blank">Allods Online
6.
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/taxonomy/term/2553">
style="text-decoration: underline;">Star Wars: Clone Wars
Adventures
7.
target="_blank">FreeRealms
8.
target="_blank">Aika
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/taxonomy/term/856"
target="_top">
9.
target="_top">
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/taxonomy/term/771">Perfect
World International
10.
target="_blank">Atlantica Online
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/taxonomy/term/581"
target="_top">
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/taxonomy/term/2433"
target="_blank">
href="http://heroesofgaia.gpotato.com/" target="_blank">
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href="http://www.gamersfirst.com/swordofthenewworld/"
target="_blank">
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href="http://www.freerealms.com/" target="_blank">
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href="http://atlantica.ndoorsgames.com/center/default.asp"
target="_blank">
href="http://allods.gpotato.com/" target="_blank">
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href="http://us.runesofmagic.com/us/index.html">
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EverQuest II Extended
has dominated my playtime in the last few weeks, and it has extended
that dominance to the top of our Top 10 list this week. Heres a
shameless bit of self-promotion--make sure you check out my review of
EQ2X, which also came out today. If
style="font-style: italic;">The Lord of the Rings Online
is more your cup of tea, I would recommend checking out Gunkys
hands-on look at the free-to-play experience from the eyes of a
seasoned vet and stay tuned for my complete review coming in a couple
of weeks.
I will be on my way to Blizzcon by the time most of you are reading
this today, hoping against hope that Blizzard will be releasing info on
their next MMOG and hoping it will be free-to-play. I imagine
Activision will succumb to the allure of the revenues to be had with a
microtransaction-based game. Perhaps Blizzard stamping their logo on a
free-to-play game will be enough to convince the masses that
free-to-play is a-okay.
But wait a second Medawky, did you just imply that free-to-play is all
about making money? Indeed I did. Like any business gaming is about
making money, no matter how you chose to present your titles. Continue
reading for a bit of education about free market economics and gaming.