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What do venture capitalists see when they look at games?

by Eliot Lefebvre (Dec 6th 2012 8:00PM)

Kickstarter has gained a great deal of traction lately, but by and large new games are still funded the same way they've always been funded: by venture capitalists willing to shell out money in hopes of seeing a return on investment. That being said, the games industry looks at venture ...

A closer look at revenues in free-to-play MMOs

by James Egan (Jun 10th 2009 9:00AM)

The free-to-play business model in the MMO industry is one that lets users play a game for free in hopes that a percentage of that userbase will opt to embrace microtransactions, allowing F2P game operators to potentially bring in more revenue per month than they would maintain through subscription ...

MapleStory reaps over $29 million in U.S. virtual item sales

by James Egan (May 31st 2008 3:00PM)

2007 proved to be a good year for Nexon in the United States, particularly with its free-to-play MapleStory. The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reports that the although the game has 85 million users worldwide, only 5.9 million of them are U.S. players. Given the relatively small ...