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more about #freetoplay more comments → XINVADER: That kinda sucks. Everyone knows the real Balloon Boy game consists of one main game supported by mini games. The main game is rather like a text ad... more » ShaSt One: weeee #timewasters more » hot_heart: Balloons. They're so hot right now! #timewasters more » Showmeyomoves!: Theme song! #timewasters more » IamNinja: The kid doesn't deserve an awesome name like "Falcon". He should be punching everybody and demanding reporters show him their "moves". #timewasters more » Heartless141, dood!: so they skipped the movie part? [www.collegehumor.com] #timewasters more » BryanH: Imagine if, instead of making a flash-based game based on whatever retarded story the media is fawning over at the time, the people spent those few ho... more » Komrade Kayce: Dumbass hoax. The kid spilled the beans. #timewasters more » Desolation_Angel: Two wars, nearly 10% unemployment, a healthcare crisis, and our media devotes their every waking moment to Timmy O'Toole 2009... Spoiler Alert: There... more » willy626: The best part is theres another one: [www.newgrounds.com] #timewasters more » Str8_Jihadin: Wow, that was fast! It's almost as fast as Bush (and the shoe-dodging flash game) when he dodged those shoes! #timewasters more » infinitezero: aha that is just too great, well balloon family that is the fame you will be receiving, in a form of a shit flash game. #timewasters more » Bubbleman!: too soon. #timewasters more » ChannaBeWheeze is not used to typing with out filters: Not all the stuff they promised is out yet, but it looks like ever week they will be realising new stuff. So far there no new pet costumes, but there ... more » Outkastprince: This was a pretty good game for the first few days I played it before moving on. Good game though. Though with Earth Realm out, I wonder which brows... more » -
#sports
Free-to-Play Madden Alternative Inks Four More Celebs
Quick Hit Football, the free-to-play online fantasy sports/RPG hybrid Kotaku profiled two months ago, has signed agreements with four more coaches to use their likenesses as opposing AIs within the game. More » -
#hotflashes
Balloon Boy Game Announced for PC Worldwide
Yesterday we explored the crossover between balloons in the news and video games. Today, certifying the saga of Balloon Boy as a true news event, someone made a flash game out of it - a flash-based side-scroller anyone can enjoy. More » -
#sonyonlineentertainment
Free Realms Holds Halloween Spooktacular
Many MMO games host special Halloween events, but only Sony Online Entertainment's Free Realms has the guts to use the words Super Spooktacular, which is at least 10 times as awesome as a normal Spooktacular. More » -
#freetoplay
Turbine: Free Model Boosted D&D Online Subs 40 Percent
Since moving to a free-to-play model, Dungeons & Dragons online has seen a 40 percent increase in subscribers, the developer Turbine said in an interview with Ars Technica More » -
#gamelaunch
THQ*ICE Opens Dragonica Online In Grand Fashion
THQ*ICE's first free-to-play MMO Dragonica Online is holding a grand opening celebration tomorrow, with special events and contest running all weekend long. More » -
#betawatch
Earth Eternal Finally Makes It To Open Beta
Earth Eternal, the browser-based anthropomorphic animal MMO I've been following since early 2007 has finally reached the open beta stage, and the time of man has officially passed. More » -
#sonyonlineentertainment
It's Goal Time In Free Realms
Those soccer fields sprinkled about Sony Online Entertainment's Free Realms now has a purpose, 3-on-3 footy matches and 20 levels worth of Soccer Stardom now available. More » -
#hotflashes
Weekend Timewaster: GrowBox
Been a while since we've done these. Here's GrowBox, courtesy of King.com. The object is to pick up all of the gold orbs, but consuming them makes your box grow, so the board must be navigated in a specific order. More » -
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#crimecraft
CrimeCraft Going Free-to-Play by Month's End
The FPS-MMO-WTFBBQ CrimeCraft offers a "free unlimited trial" by the end of October, according to publisher Vogster Entertainment, which will effectively move the game into three tiers - free, $5 and $10 subscriptions. More » -
#gameannounce
Explore Strange New Worlds In The Planet 51 MMO
CG movie Planet 51 isn't just getting the obligatory console game tie-in when it hits theaters this November, as Zed Worldwide announces Planet 51 Online, a free-to-play MMO based on the film. More » -
#ea
Battlefield Heroes Two Million Strong And Updating
More than 2 million players have signed up free-to-play online shooter Battlefield Heroes, and EA celebrates with the free "Heroes of the Fall" game update, complete with a new map in stylish fall colors. More » -
#stickjockey
Where Madden Plugs a Gap, Another Sees a Running Lane
In building a football video game without a full NFL license, Jeff Anderson discovered his toughest pitch wasn't to investors, but the press. "They'd say, ‘Don't you understand? You're not supposed to be making a football product. That's EA's job.'" More » -
#milestones
Wizard101 Celebrates First Year, Five Million Players
KingsIsle Entertainment's family-friendly MMO might not have taken off as fast as Sony Online Entertainment's Free Realms, but Wizard101 is doing just fine, celebrating more than five million registered players on its first anniversary. More » -
#launchday
Dungeons & Dragons Online Now Free For All
After a rather lucrative week's worth of testing the waters, Turbine has launched Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited, the free-to-play rebirth of Dungeons & Dragons Online. More » -
#expansionism
BattleForge Invaded By Renegade Cards
EA's free-to-play card-based real-time strategy game BattleForge scores an expansion today, with 60 new units ready to be added to your deck in the Renegade Edition card set. More » -
#freetoplay
League Of Legends Won't Cost You A Dime
Riot Games announces today that its upcoming Warcraft III mod turned full game League of Legends will be free-to-play, with a premium retail edition available for those that would rather pay. More » -
#milestones
Battlefield Heroes Recruits 1 Million
EA is quickly discovering the joys of free-to-play games as web-based Battlefield Heroes surpasses the one million player mark right out of the gate. More » -
#releasedate
Dungeons & Dragons Online's Freedom Dated
Turbine has selected an early August date for the release of Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited, the update that switches the massively multiplayer D&D game to a free-to-play business model. More » -
#gameon
Ether Saga Online Now Officially Online
After months of testing that may have seemed like playing a launched game to the uninitiated, Perfect World's Ether Saga Online is finally declared fit for launch. More » -
#freetoplay
Acclaim Re-Develops The Chronicles Of Spellborn
Acclaim is hanging out their "Please Pardon Our Re-Development" signs on their MMO The Chronicles of Spellborn, transforming it into a free-to-play, transaction-based game by next year. More »
