North American MapleStory publisher Nexon America has announced a closed beta for Combat Arms, its free-to-play online first-person shooter featuring persistent, customizable characters, for May 30th, with a full release planned for later this summer.
Players will not only be able to personalize their soldiers, they'll be able to modify their guns and equipment, accumulate in-game currency and experience points, and track their performance against others in the Combat Arms community. In addition to its free-to-play model, the game will have low system requirements, furthering its accessibility in a traditionally hardcore space.
The closed beta test will run exclusively at FilePlanet.com for one week beginning May 30th. Once the game is released to the public, Combat Arms will receive regular content updates, including new weapons, gear, maps, and more free game modes.
Said Nexon America's vice president of marketing Min Kim: “Competition in video games among friends is always fun, but Combat Arms takes it to another level by letting gamers frag for free. Combat Arms delivers all the great socialization elements found in other popular Nexon Games and presents them in one of the most popular gaming genres in North America.”
Comments (20)
What is the catch? How are they making money?
Posted by dan | May 28, 2008 4:00 PM
Posted on May 28, 2008 16:00
Probably loads of advertising in game. It's how most free games are funded
Posted by pogo | May 28, 2008 4:04 PM
Posted on May 28, 2008 16:04
advertising or micro transactions
Posted by emo | May 28, 2008 4:14 PM
Posted on May 28, 2008 16:14
Free to play. This gun is a $4 microtransaction. Oh? You want bullets? $2 a clip please. Kevlar? $10.
Posted by Michael | May 28, 2008 7:09 PM
Posted on May 28, 2008 19:09
envoyer cette jeu a moi
Posted by adams | June 1, 2008 10:04 AM
Posted on June 1, 2008 10:04
They make their money off of things that you can buy with actual money for the game.
Posted by Kerk | June 2, 2008 11:07 PM
Posted on June 2, 2008 23:07
Nah, they probably have a cash shop in it like most of their other games, so you can look like a daisy when you kick other player's butts.
Posted by Splat | June 3, 2008 8:17 PM
Posted on June 3, 2008 20:17
can u send me a website to down;pad this combat arms
in my email or mysacpe id
Posted by hav | June 4, 2008 8:05 PM
Posted on June 4, 2008 20:05
when does this game come out cuz i want to play it bad
Posted by rico | June 11, 2008 12:57 PM
Posted on June 11, 2008 12:57
were do i download this game
?
Posted by stephen | June 22, 2008 11:38 PM
Posted on June 22, 2008 23:38
url is right there for u to click and download combat arms open beta. ur welcome =]
Posted by aaron | June 27, 2008 6:38 PM
Posted on June 27, 2008 18:38
this game is looks awesome. play it. love it.
Posted by bryan | July 1, 2008 12:54 PM
Posted on July 1, 2008 12:54
Can't be played no North America so sad :(.
I have downlaoded it installed but can't play :(
They should make it available to all...:(
Posted by gerak3669 | July 24, 2008 9:50 PM
Posted on July 24, 2008 21:50
wen i want to login it seed that error to try again later
Posted by junior | July 25, 2008 12:23 PM
Posted on July 25, 2008 12:23
I've been playing Combat Arms for about a month. Yes, you can purchase currency. But I was suprised to find out its relatively easy to earn cash in game. You get alot of cash for every rank you go up.
The hook-up is that when you run out of ranks to go up or when it becomes harder to rank up, cash is hard to come by. And by that time you're addicted... so you start paying. Unless your cheap like me.
Posted by Lee | July 28, 2008 11:20 PM
Posted on July 28, 2008 23:20
i cant use weapons. tell me what the problems may be and what to do to stop them from happening
Posted by Andrew | July 30, 2008 7:45 PM
Posted on July 30, 2008 19:45
great game couldnt ask for a better free multiplayer FPS !
Posted by Whicked | August 10, 2008 11:52 PM
Posted on August 10, 2008 23:52
nah im playing the game now. it is FREE 100%. the way they make money is ppl can use real money to buy game money. u cant buy super guns or anything, just use real money to get game money and u dont have to do that either cuz if u playin at all, ur earning money
Posted by joe | August 13, 2008 1:33 PM
Posted on August 13, 2008 13:33
I just started plaing this game its better than a lot of other games that i have paid for.
Posted by hal | August 14, 2008 1:58 PM
Posted on August 14, 2008 13:58
does it work with mac
Posted by castin wagner | September 17, 2008 9:26 AM
Posted on September 17, 2008 09:26