Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[You're free to play these free-to-play games through Steam]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/14/youre-free-to-play-these-free-to-play-games-through-steam/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/14/youre-free-to-play-these-free-to-play-games-through-steam/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/14/youre-free-to-play-these-free-to-play-games-through-steam/#comments The Steam service just launched a slate of five free-to-play games, available from its client like any other Steam offering. Spiral Knights, Forsaken Worlds, Champions Online: Free for All, Global Agenda: Free Agent, and Alliance of Valliant Arms are now available for download through Valve's service.

So why get these F2P clients from Steam instead of just downloading the versions that were previously released through their own websites? Well, for one thing, each game will offer exclusive in-game content to Steam players this week, starting tomorrow in Spiral Knights and ending Sunday in AVA. Furthermore, these games will all support Steam's existing microtransaction backend, making the purchase of in-game content as easy as the impulse-buy of TF2 items.

Bye, money!

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>alliance-of-valiant-armschampions-onlinechampions-online-free-for-allforsaken-worldsfree-to-playglobal-agendaglobal-agenda-free-agentpcspiral-knightssteamvalvevalve-softwareTue, 14 Jun 2011 14:45:00 EST<![CDATA[Metro Conflict: Presto is latest UE3-powered free-to-play FPS from Korea's Redduck]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/27/metro-conflict-presto-is-latest-ue3-powered-free-to-play-fps-fr/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/27/metro-conflict-presto-is-latest-ue3-powered-free-to-play-fps-fr/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/27/metro-conflict-presto-is-latest-ue3-powered-free-to-play-fps-fr/#comments If you're anything like us, you woke up this morning hoping for a brand-new, Unreal Engine 3-based, free-to-play shooter from South Korea to be announced. And alas, Alliance of Valiant Arms developer Reduck has satisfied just that need in announcing "Metro Conflict: Presto" by way of a joint press release with Epic Games Korea.

We only note the collaborative nature of the press release because of the total lovefest that ensues around three paragraphs in. "Epic's Unreal Engine 3 was a big factor in our success with A.V.A. [and] we're looking forward to pushing ourselves even further with Metro Conflict: Presto," Do-Min, Ok, chief technology officer at Redduck, said of the deal. Epic Games Korea's Ray Park similarly offered, "We're thrilled that they're using Unreal Engine 3 again for Metro Conflict: Presto, and can't wait to see what they're able to do with it this time." And he'll see soon enough, as the free-to-play FPS is planned to go into open beta this December. But for now, we've got the dramatic teaser trailer for you just above.

JoystiqMetro Conflict: Presto is latest UE3-powered free-to-play FPS from Korea's Redduck originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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