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Blizzard says Titan probably won’t be a subscription MMO
The number of gamers who subscribe to World of Warcraft is steadily in decline, with another 600,000 players leaving Blizzard’s MMO in the last quarter. Even so, WoW remains a huge hit with…
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Microsoft lists the reasons you need Xbox Live Gold on Xbox One
Come launch day of the Xbox One and PS4, both Sony and Microsoft would love you to sign up for a PlayStation Plus or Xbox Live Gold subscription. And in the case of…
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The Elder Scrolls Online will require a $14.99 monthly subscription
Subscription-based MMOs haven’t seen the best of times recently. They used to be the only option, then World of Warcraft turned up and hoarded all the players. Then free-to-play games started getting...
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Autodesk copies Adobe, launches subscription version of Maya
In June this year Adobe switched its Creative Suite of applications over to a subscription only model. It meant no more single large payments to get the latest version of the Suite, but…
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Razer’s modular Project Christine PCs may get upgrade subscriptions
Razer’s Project Christine was already set to shake up the gaming PC scene by making hardware upgrades easier than ever. Now it looks like Razer may let you pay a subscription fee for […]
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EA confirms games added to EA Access will be there permanently
Last week EA responded to the growing popularity of subscription services offering regular free games by launching its own version. EA Access will be limited to Xbox One after Sony rejected it on […]
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Turns out EA Access is a way for EA to charge for demos
When EA announced the introduction of EA Access, it seemed like an unusually generous move for the video games publisher/developer. For $4.99 a month of $29.99 a year you get full access to […]
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Loyal subscribers to get rewards in The Elder Scrolls Online
With free-to-play massively multiplayer online games being so common now, surviving as a subscription-based MMO is quite difficult. Many previously paid-for online games have made the switch to...
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Netflix adds $4 to the price of watching 4K streams
If you own a TV capable of displaying 4K video then the content available to you is still quite limited. Netflix should be your first port of call (if your TV is compatible) […]
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Is Microsoft really planning to offer subscriptions for Windows 10?
Following a Q&A session with COO Kevin Turner in Arizona, there are new rumblings that Microsoft will introduce subscriptions for Windows 10. Can Microsoft really justify doing that? This new round...
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Geek Fuel unboxing: Loot Crate that isn’t Loot Crate
Loot Crate has been around for over a year and has gotten a groundswell of attention as the subscription service to get a bunch of geek toys sent to you every month for […]
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The Elder Scrolls Online drops subscription charge, comes to consoles June 9
Many of the big name online games released in recent years launched with a subscription, but later converted over to a free-to-play revenue model. With The Elder Scrolls Online, Bethesda believed it...
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Microsoft trademarks Windows 365, subscriptions incoming?
Rumblings about Microsoft offering a subscription-based Windows have been building since last year. Now they’ve finally registered a name that fits such a product: Windows 365. It’s a logical enough...
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Netflix subscribers accidentally being charged up to 13 times
Netflix is having some billing issues in Australia and New Zealand it seems, and subscribers there had a bit of a shock today with pending Netflix transactions for hundreds of dollars appearing on […]
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HBO Now survey suggests $8.33 subscription
On April 7 this year HBO finally gave TV viewers what they’d been demanding from the company for years: a video-on-demand service dedicated to HBO’s original content. It is called HBO Now, and […]
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Netflix increases Standard plan price to $9.99
Increased operating costs and more competition bidding for the same content exclusives has pushed the price up again.
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YouTube launches subscription service, YouTube Red
If YouTube has its way, Netflix and chilling will be a thing of the past — we’ll all be YouTube and chilling on Tinder dates, even though Let’s Play videos probably don’t create the […]
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Adobe will try anything to stop a Creative Cloud cancellation
Back in 2013, Adobe made the switch from offering individual software products and suites for a set price to offering software subscriptions. So instead of paying hundreds, or even thousands of dollars...
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uTorrent now lets you pay $5 to ditch the ads
uTorrent might not have the geek cred it once did, but it still has millions of users. Now BitTorrent has come up with another way to make money off those users. Years ago, […]
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Amazon Launches Its Own Monthly Anime Streaming Service
Anime streaming services seem to be taking over the internet. You’ve got Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hulu’s anime section and several others. There are plenty of ways to stream your favorite shows if...
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