Look at China, the solution has been found - people pour money into Free 2 Play mmos, western developers are starting to discover this as well - microtransaction based free mmos work.
Heya, so I've been playing this Xplorers game over here with some people I know. But we kinda got tired of it. So I'm wondering if anyone here knows any nice multiplayer games (3-4 players) that are free. Preferably browser-based and turnbased. Oh.. and for anyone looking to play some casual strategy game I can recommend…
http://savage2.s2games.com/ Savage2 (a great RTS/FPS hybrid) has now a Mac client, is free to play with some minor limitations (mostly regardings persistance stats and achivements, upgrade to the premium version for only 10 bucks), and the new and improved melee combat system is also a reason to try it again! So download a…
Free Plugin Time :D I made a plugin that allows you to play video files in Marmoset Toolbag texture slots. https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Z6LoX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLUaeyd5_40
There is no starforce in the FREE version, obviously. We have been playing it at work since it came out, lotsa fun playing with others and making tracks... gotta upload mine later.
I am planning on going to evo2k5, not for the tournaments but to hang out with friends and play in the free play console rooms. I have to see if going fits with my schedule though.
Sculptris is nice, free and basically like playing with clay. UE4 has a ton of content examples, and is free as well, a kid should have fun looking at the included levels seeing how they are made.