![]() ![]() ![]() It's a crime Now, the company has come unstuck as a bit of detective work over on Pocket Gamer has revealed its latest free-to-play iOS title Urban Crime is, in fact, a rehash of Gangstar: Miami Vindication - itself released to little critical applause back in September 2010. It has a US iTunes user rating of just 2.5 compared to 4.0 for the first and 4.5 for the second game. It also experienced a player backlash when the third release in its highly regarded Dungeon Hunter franchise ditched the previous paid model and core gameplay, becoming a wave-based freemium title. Back in December 2010, the publisher had to issue an apology and re-release Hero of Sparta 2 on iOS when it changed it from being a paid game into a free-to-play game with adverts. Too hasty It's not all plain sailing, however. Even big companies such as French publisher Gameloft - which books hundreds of millions of dollars annually from paid premium games - is attempting to get in on the act. With freemium gaming the main trend of 2011, any developer or publisher not practising the business model is likely rethinking their operations. ![]()
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