This is the future of gaming.
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It's called free-to-play gaming, though the free part of the term comes with an asterisk. Players aren't forced to cough up money, but are strongly encouraged to make small purchases of in-game currency, vanity items, or, as is the case in "World of Tanks," additional vehicles and maps. It's a model that has dominated the PC, smartphone and tablet gaming market over the past several years. Two free-to-play computer games alone—"League of Legends" and "Dota 2"—accounted for a quarter of all PC gameplay time spent by the 28 million members of the video game social networking site Raptr in June. That's peanuts, however, compared to the 98 million users matching colorful candy on their mobile devices in "Candy Crush Saga."Read more at http://www.redeyechicago.com/entertainment/lifestyles/redeye-wargaming-west-chicago-video-games-20140723,0,2441584.story#LVzKmkh232Kg0ukS.99
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