Gaming powerhouse Blizzard Entertainment may be about to completely rethink how it distributes and prices its games. According to industry buzz, the company is strongly considering adopting the free-to-play model for an upcoming, unannounced game.
I know, I know - iPhone 5 and iPad 3 rumors are like snowflakes. No two are alike, and they usually melt away into nothing. But hear us out. The latest rumor on the iPhone 5, being reported by 9to5Mac, supposedly comes directly from a reliable source at Foxconn in China (the company that Apple outsources production to). What's more, it's the same source that told them there would be no iPhone 5 last fall, but instead an iPhone 4S - which for those of you playing along at home is exactly how things panned out. So what, pray tell, is this latest rumor of which we speak?
A famous quote from George Orwell's Animal Farm is, "all animals are equal, but some are more equal then others." Based on Dean Takahashi's excellent article in VentureBeat, this is how game developers perceive the relationship between Facebook and Zynga. Whether a special partnership exists or not, according to Takahashi, the mere fact that rumors are swirling will have a huge impact on social gaming in the year to come --- for Zynga, Facebook, and if they play their cards right, Google.