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Wizard101 Celebrates First Year, Five Million Players
Free Realms Gets Guilds
Free Realms Player Watch: We Have 3 Million
And Then Free Realms Surpassed 2 Million Players
More Than A Million Flock To Free Realms
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Omnimon
09/10/09

In reply to Wizard101 Celebrates First Year, Five Million Players
Knowing a couple of people on the KingsIsle team, it makes me happy to see their success.

Congrats to the Wizard101 team!
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Hobb3z
06/24/09

In reply to Free Realms Gets Guilds
Fiesta (Game from Outspark.com) is so much better IMO. Only reason this is so popular is because Sony is backing it. :/

And why doesn't Kotaku ever cover info on the other Free to play MMO's? Kinda biased.
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MaxDragon7
06/24/09

@Hobb3z: Well, there are tons of other F2P MMO's out there. I would personally like to see a weekly Top-20 regional MMO, and worldwide.

The big 3 are an important cog in the industry, so anything released by either Sony, Microsoft, or Nintendo is likely to be covered and reviewed by the rest of the game industry.
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Archaotic
06/24/09

In reply to Free Realms Gets Guilds
The reaction to Free Realms really surprised me. It seemed like a cheap attempt to cash in on RuneScape's popularity...but people really seem to be embracing it. Is it that good? Should I be looking forward to the PS3 version when it comes out?
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ShaSt One
06/24/09

@Archaotic: I think... people are flocking to it because it has the word "free" in its name.

One of my friends apparently sent me an IM at 4:10 AM last night, inscribed:

"so what do you think of 'Free Realms' im trying it out right now...out of sheer boredom...not sure what to name my character though"

I do not want to be sent IMs at God forsaken hours of the night while I'm in slumberland asking about my thoughts on Free Realms Online! Make it stop!
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ph15h
06/24/09

@ShaSt One: Well better than late night drunk Instant Messages from people who click a name above their target Screen names and as about booty calls.

On a sidenote: free is mostly good... some noticeable exceptions arise.
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MaxDragon7
06/12/09

In reply to Free Realms Player Watch: We Have 3 Million
My goodness! It's been only a month since its release, and this game garners really massive amounts of players. I am impressed.

...or unimpressed, considering that the first one million could be making more accounts just to get gear.

In either possibility that may be the case, nice job SOE! *clap, clap, clap*
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gerrylum
06/12/09

In reply to Free Realms Player Watch: We Have 3 Million
Why oh why couldn't this have been on the PS3 instead of Home?
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BritBloke916
06/12/09

@gerrylum: It is coming to PS3, apparently, so you'll likely have both and be spoiled for choice.
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(DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD
06/12/09

In reply to Free Realms Player Watch: We Have 3 Million
UPDATE:

SOE released this statement: We thank Mike Fahey from Kotaku for being one of our loyal users with more than 37 characters in his account alone.

(Keep going till they reach a billion I say)
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(DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD
09/03/09

@(Zombie) Goldwings: Dear lord. I got banned for THIS COMMENT in the past? :/
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Ad-hominem
05/27/09

In reply to And Then Free Realms Surpassed 2 Million Players
Fahey, I think we need to address your furry fetish one of these days.

It was okay in Second Life, but when it starts creeping over into games designed for 13-17 year olds...
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Sparkimus Prime
05/27/09

In reply to And Then Free Realms Surpassed 2 Million Players
2 million and I've never heard of it. Wow, i feel way out of sync with the gaming world right now.
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D-K, Anarchist
05/27/09

In reply to And Then Free Realms Surpassed 2 Million Players
I enjoyed my share of Runescape in my days, this however felt overly simplified and superficial. Then again, i'm not their target audience.

Gratz to Sony..

(when is this hitting ps3 again?)
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nypad5
05/27/09

In reply to And Then Free Realms Surpassed 2 Million Players
does this game have a monthly fee or anything?
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Comatose Turtle
05/27/09

@nypad5: No, no, that's Fee Realms. Different game.
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dreamfall
05/27/09

In reply to And Then Free Realms Surpassed 2 Million Players
what about the agency?!
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Gein07
05/15/09

In reply to More Than A Million Flock To Free Realms
Does that pirate dog have diabetes or something?

(Before anyone gets offended, I have diabetes and I'm allowed to make such jokes.)
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Kobun
05/15/09

@Gein07: Does he have diabetes because he's missing parts or because of the stink lines coming out of his butt?
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The Forgetful Brain
05/15/09

In reply to More Than A Million Flock To Free Realms
It's incredible how reminiscent of the Westfall coast in WoW that shot is.

Urk. I feel a sick urge rising in me to play World of Warcraft... must... resist... MMOs...
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QualityJeverage
05/15/09

@The Forgetful Brain: Looks more like the Barrens to me, that little town up there could be Ratchet.
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QualityJeverage
05/15/09

In reply to More Than A Million Flock To Free Realms
I'm all for free vanity items as prizes for these things, but I think MMOs should all follow Blizzard's policy, where no prizes or giveaways will give players any sort of advantage or anything that would otherwise have required them to complete quests/missions in the game.

So you can give away vanity pets, mounts, shirts, whatever. But no free money, weapons, armor, or anything else that the average player would have to work for.

Of course, this is already the kind of MMO I can't stand, where most of the better content can be seen not by investing time or effort into the game, but through microtransactions. I much prefer MMOs where all players are on an even playing field.
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Omnimon
05/15/09

@QualityJeverage: But inherently all players are NOT on a level playing field in an MMO. Time is the most precious resource in the type of game you describe, and some of us don't have as much as others to invest.

No such thing as an MMO with a level playing field. Sorry.
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Archaotic
05/15/09

In reply to More Than A Million Flock To Free Realms
My roommate seems to like it a lot. Sadly, my computer lacks PC gaming capabilities at the moment, but if the PS3 version is free when it comes out, I'll give it a try.
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The Forgetful Brain
05/15/09

@Archaotic: There's a PS3 version coming out? I had no idea. Somehow, the idea of this on a console is fairly attractive. I guess it's more how I was hoping Home would turn out.
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Archaotic
05/15/09

@The Forgetful Brain:

Yeah, it was announced for PS3 alongside the PC version, the PS3 version actually is going to have more content, probably since it's "shipping" with one or two of the expansions packed in.

Due out this fall.
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Nubius, the best 30 seconds of your life.
05/15/09

@Archaotic: I was thinking...none of this is in HOME is it?
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Archaotic
05/15/09

@Nubius does it for the Prinnies:

Fully standalone game.
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