Developers and publishers don’t want us leaving their games behind and are working to keep us coming back for more. Find out how the games as a service model is changing the way we play.

A game like Rocket League was a bit unprecedented in 2015. Its multiplayer-focused, arcadey gameplay model was complemented by it ostensibly being one of the first live service games on the market.

“In the mid-2000s, video game publishers began testing the 'game as a service' model. In this model, the consumer may bypass the initial cost of purchasing the game, and then pay ongoing fees to ...

If games like Assassin’s Creed Origins, Rainbow Six Siege, and Ghost Recon: Wildlands prove anything however, it’s that these unannualised games intended to serve as a platform that can create ...

EA is shutting down BioWare's live-service game Anthem this year, and I'm thinking about how closely that mirrors the history of silent movies.

Games-as-a-service, aka one of the most diabolically competitive models on the market, isn't one size fits all.

The video games industry is rapidly shifting toward the game-as-a-service business model, as development costs are growing. Although Microsoft has lost the current platform war to Sony, the ...

Party Icons introduces Party-as-a-Service (PaaS), an evolution of the traditional game-as-a-service model that decentralizes live operations and economic interest.

There’s nothing wrong with big games — but playing them means playing them a lot. As the games-as-a-service model becomes more popular, self-contained experiences stand out.

Ubisoft have been absolutely nailing it with the whole games as a service thing. Rainbow Six Siege is over two years old but remains enormously popular, boasting in excess of 25 million registered ...