PeeKnuckle Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 FREE TO PLAY GAMES HAVE ARRIVED ON STEAMFive F2P Launch Titles Offering Exclusive Content to Celebrate LaunchJune 14, 2011 - Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today introduced support for Free to Play (F2P) Games on Steam with the launch of five F2P games. Available immediately, the launch titles are Spiral Knights, Forsaken Worlds, Champions Online: Free for All, Global Agenda: Free Agent, and Alliance of Valliant Arms (AVA). Beginning tomorrow (Weds) with Spiral Knights and concluding Sunday with AVA, each of the five launch titles will offer exclusive in-game content to those who try the "F2P game of the day" on Steam. In game transactions in all of the titles will be supported by Steam's micro-transaction backend system that is available to Steamworks partners and currently used in Valve's Team Fortress 2. "The introduction of Free to Play games is another example of the constant evolution of Steam," said Jason Holtman, director of business development at Valve. "Free to Play games offer new game genres and game experiences for customers, while offering developers and publishers new revenue opportunities and the ability to reach customers in areas of the world where the traditional packaged goods model is less popular than F2P." Specific details on the F2P games of the day and their exclusive in-game content will be made available in the coming days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeKnuckle Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 I'm downloading Spiral Knights. I have some friends who play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dateranoth Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 That's good news. I figured it was just a matter of time. Though I don't play many micro transaction games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylark95 Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Interesting. Will have to check this out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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