League of Legends is still in Pre-Season allowing fans to get a feel for the game and level their summoners before Season 1 begins next year, but Riot Games announced their first annual Snowdown Showdown taking place December 16, 2009 to January 6, 2010.

To celebrate, Riot Games is offered limited edition content for the title for this event. Examples of the content are a holiday variation of a map, Holiday themed Champion skins, Runes based on the season, and items.

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Dungeon Fighter Online is currently in its open beta, but with the recently opened Item Shop and events happening in conjunction with Thanksgiving, Nexon America decided to release some information about a set of the bosses in Dungeon Fighter Online.

Interested players can head to Dungeon Fighter Online for more information and to download the game.

Check inside for information about the bosses in the game.

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When I wrote The Free to Play, Microtransaction Model, I did not expect companies to be contacting me. Pleasantly surprising though, Perfect World Entertainment contacted me and I had a chat with two Product Managers about their titles (Perfect World International and Ether Saga Online) and the Free to Play model. With every person I talk to, this model appears to becoming more prevalent among developers.

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During my time at the Game Developers Conference, I came across a few developers who were planning on using the free to play with microtransaction model. While this type of business model isn’t new, even to the United States; it isn’t something that is used as wide as the basic subscription model that most large developers and publishers use. The free to play model appears like a more secure revenue stream than the standard monthly subscription model.

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