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Gamers playing "Dota 2" featured in the documentary "Free to Play."

Hopeful gaming future in “Free to Play”

By Josh Alfrey | March 19, 2014

A documentary of love, loss, fear, perseverance and video games is near perfected in Valve’s film “Free to Play.”The “Dota 2” documentary “Free to Play” was released this morning and countless gamers tuned in to enjoy the story unfold. As...

Free-to-play game isn't particularly fun-to-play

Free-to-play game isn’t particularly fun-to-play

By Roy Herrera | October 21, 2012

With today’s economy, it is difficult to buy all of the most popular games on the market. As a result, game companies are not making as much money as they would like. Instead of making the consumer purchase the game at a full retail price, the game...