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Filed under: New titles, Free-to-play, The Daily Grind, Free Realms

With beta kicking into motion and a release date that’s just barely more than a month away, are you keeping an eye on the free-to-play game looking to break all expectations, Free Realms?
We ask, because many of the videos and information we’ve seen concerning the game sounds pretty exciting. The plethora of customization, gameplay modes and level of visual fidelity tends to stop people in their tracks the first time they see it all in one place. Or at least, it did for us.
And while there certainly will be payment methods for people looking to invest more into Free Realms, it remains — as the title of the game suggests — largely free for all to to experience as they like.
The Daily Grind: Is Free Realms on your radar? originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:00:00 EST. [...]

Original post by Kyle Horner

I brought home my copy of Killzone 2 yesterday morning, and got to try it out for a bit before my wife came home with the kids. (Don’t want those impressionable minds filled with that stuff at their age!) Last night is when I really got to play. I played a bunch of games, created squads, created a clan, joined friends, all that.
Awesome.
The game is truly great. The graphics are stupendously wonderful. The game types are awesome. The levels are inspired with great variety. There are lots of players online. There are many of options when it comes to creating games. You can even create your own games and save them as a template to be used later.
Of course, my lack of true talent shone through when I played last night. I only got a few kills per game, and it took me all evening to level up twice. Such [...]

Original post by Henning

A portion of a GameSpot interview with Shigefumi Hino, former project leader of the original Pikmin…
GS: Looking at the gaming market now versus when the original games were released, do you feel the gaming audience will be more or less receptive to the games, given the new gamers brought in by the Wii?
SH: Pikmin was a very unique and original game already when it was first released on GameCube and, even today, it is very unique. Since a number of female users were also enjoying playing with the original Pikmin, it is well suited to the expanded gaming audience on Wii.
GS: While many assume a new Pikmin would be a perfect fit for the Wii, do you think a Pikmin game would work on the Nintendo DS?
SH: As Nintendo DS has its own unique advantages, it would be possible to create a gameplay-control mechanism which would be good for [...]

Original post by The News Team

Yup, more fun numbers from Activision’s annual report, released earlier today. In this case, we see which console (or consoles) are buttering Activision’s bread.
And the winner? Not a console at…

Original post by Luke Plunkett

It’s Friday! Time for TELL US DAMMIT.
Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional…

Original post by Brian Ashcraft

When Nintendo first announced GTA: Chinatown Wars, the first GTA game on a Nintendo system since 2004, eyebrows were raised. Seemed an odd choice. And for Sony, eyebrows are still being raised….

Original post by Luke Plunkett

Did you hear? Lost Planet 2 is coming! Time for some cut-throat marketing, which this week comes courtesy of Capcom & Valve’s Lost Planet sale on Steam.
Yes, for this weekend and this weekend only,…

Original post by Luke Plunkett

Dead Rising – Wii to 360 Comparison Video

Original post by The News Team

On March 3, Microsoft service repairs for the original Xbox ceases. The same happens for American users on March 2.
While service repair ends, other technical support such as documents and content…

Original post by Brian Ashcraft

Sweet! Glad to hear you like the game (Onslaught). Everyone seems to be pretty excited about some FPS action on WiiWare so if the game continues to do well, then there definitely might be a possibility of doing expansions, dlc, or even a full blown sequel. Feel free to drop some more ideas, suggestions on the game, thanks! – Hudson Entertainment forum admin
I was really surprised to see Hudson doing a first person game for WiiWare, and now I really want to see what more they can do with the idea!
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Original post by The News Team