microtransactions
One Reddit user has found files for the game's in-game store that points to players being able to buy game cash with real world currency.
The console will offer users of the ID@Xbox program the ability to make free to play and microtransition based games.
Blizzard is working on creating an in-game store, which will have at least one microtransaction item that affects gameplay.
It appears as though Blizzard may start including microtransactions into the popular MMO.
EA's Origin has been criticized for focusing on getting money from gamers, but that may change under new head Andrew Wilson.
At a resent conference, Epic Games VP Mark rein revealed that both Sony and Microsoft are "going heavily" in free-to-play and in-app purchase models for games.
There are few words in game development as controversial as "always on." If you're not familiar with the term, it refers to "always online DRM," also known as "persistent online authentication." Simply put, it is the requirement that the game always maintain a connection to the company's servers in order to function. These sorts of games will not run without an active Internet connection that allows a constant stream of data to be sent back and forth between the game client and the remote servers.
Players who buy Gears of War: Judgment will be able to buy double experience points for multiplayer and new weapon and armor skins.
Microtransactions have gotten a bad reputation from some gamers, but they are another way to help the industry grow.
Activision has decided to include microtransactions in the popular game for vanity items.
Cliff Bleszinski, co-founder of the Gears of War franchise, defends a developers rights to use microtransactions in games.
