Analysis: How Do You Compete With Free?

[In this analysis, Games Brief's Nicholas Lovell examines the totally free iOS dungeon crawler Undercroft to see how it makes money for the developer, and to ask how paid games can hope to compete with this model.] Remember Dungeon Master? Want to play a game like Dungeon Master, for free, on the iPhone? I do. I’m a sucker for old-school RPGs. I put out a plea on Twitter for a game that was like …

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Sonic running for charity

SEGA has announced that Sonic the Hedgehog himself will be running for charity in the 2011 Rebel Sport Run4Fun challenge on 6th November. All money raised from the annual charity event will be donated to the Sydney Children’s Foundation, which is the main fundraising body for the Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick, Sydney. Sonic aims to raise AUD$5000 in time for the event, just in time for …

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Big Sale for GW and RS to Enhance US Europe Game Market

MMOXE.COM , a virtual game currency organization, made available all items in a big sale for Guild Wars and Runescape last week. This activity has covered nearly all the items of GW and RS.

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ExpenseMagic iPhone App Enables You To Capture Receipts On The Move And Claim Every Expense Easily

LONDON–(BUSINESSWIRE)– The iPhone Finance App That’s Changing The Lives Of The Perpetually Swamped We’ve all wished we could give our pile of receipts to someone else to deal with, and make claims quick …

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Diablo III real money auction house announced, gold farmers stunned

In an announcement that is sure to stir up controversy, Blizzard Entertainment has unveiled a Diablo III auction house that will allow players to buy and sell in-game items for real currency via Battle.net.

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Five great free, browser-based games like Club Penguin

If you can’t get enough of Club Penguin, you’re not alone. Disney’s web-based MMO is huge, with over 12 million registered user accounts. Still, one game can’t hold anyone’s attention for very long so we’ve rounded up a list of games like Club Penguin. Whether you’re looking for a fun, safe (and free) browser-based game [...]

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Technology doesn’t kill technology companies – people do

What do we need to ensure the growth of world class technology companies in the East of England? writes Mark Littlewood of the Business Leaders Network . Read more…

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Now There’s a Safer Way to Pay And Play Online

Online theft of credit card details is one of the top concerns for the millions of Kiwis who shop, socialise or game online.

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Now There’s a Safer Way to Pay And Play Online

Online theft of credit card details is one of the top concerns for the millions of Kiwis who shop, socialise or game online.

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Buy RuneScape Items, Get Free Gold at IGXE

The last week of April saw IGXE’s launch of a new campaign for the game RuneScape , “buy items, get free gold”. Customers can get RS Gold for free when buying RS equipment, RS suite, RS raw materials, RS food and potion and other RS items.

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