Cryptic Studios announced today that their MMO, Champions Online, will be going free-to-play on January 25th, 2011. At that point, players will be able to access the standard game for free, with ‘Adventure Packs’ available to expand your game for a charge. If you’d rather not pay per pack, but want the added content, you can continue to subscribe to the game for $14.99 per month. READ MORE
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Nintendo World 2011 news
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A number of new details and gameplay videos came to light during Japan’s Nintendo World 2011 this weekend, and on top of the list is the official launch lineup for the 3DS, in Japan at least.
In addition, the all-important battery life question has been answered, with Nintendo stating that the 3DS’s battery will last 5-8 hours while playing regular DS games and 3-5 hours when playing 3D games.
The Japanese launch lineup and a number of gameplay videos is shown after the break. READ MORE
Runic Games made the surprising announcement today that Torchlight, their critically and commercially successful Diablo clone, would be making the jump to consoles soon.
Microsoft has secured its release as part of the Xbox Live Arcade House party lineup that will begin releasing on February 18th. However, there’s no word on whether Torchlight will eventually make its way to the PSN as well. READ MORE
Jon Shafer, lead designer of the critically acclaimed Civilization V, left Firaxis a couple weeks back, reportedly resigning following the launch of Civilization V. News has now surfaced that he has been hired by Stardock, creator of Galactic Civilizations and Elemental: War of Magic. READ MORE
Firemint, creators of the popular Flight Control and Real Racing games on the iPhone, announced today that they had acquired fellow independent developer Infinite Interactive, creators of the Puzzle Quest series of games. READ MORE
