Pokemon players have come up with some truly weird and wonderful ways of playing the beloved RPG series over the years, from the popular permadeath "nuzlocke" challenges to even more brutal Kaizo Ironmon runs. Now, though, one player has managed to complete one of the most bizarre challenges we've ever seen by playing through the Game Boy Advance classic Pokemon Sapphire 100 times simultaneously.
Free to Play Events Are a Great Way to Game on the Cheap
01.03.2024 - 17:18 / howtogeek.com
We've all faced the problem before: you want to try a new game, but you're not sure if you want to buy it. What if you dislike it? What if it runs poorly? What if you just want to try something new, and don't actually want a new game? Free-to-play events are here to save you from your boredom.
Try Games During Steam Free Weekends
If you're itching to try a new game without paying up front, Steam should be your first stop. Steam regularly has special promotions where select games are free to play for a limited time.
Free-to-play weekends are advertised on the Store tab of the Steam app, and they may also be listed in a pop-up that appears when you launch Steam.
Alternatively, SteamDB has a great page that lists all the free content available on Steam. It is much more condensed and there aren't a million other promotions cluttering things up, and it is the way that I prefer to keep an eye on what is currently free.
The only semi-downside to Steam free weekends is that the games are a lottery. Sometimes they seem to be related to a theme; other times they're effectively random. That isn't necessarily a bad thing, though. You may try something you'd never normally buy and discover you love it, and at worst, you've wasted a bit of bandwidth.
Check Out Games At Launch or After Major Updates
Steam free weekends aren't the only time you can play a game for free. When a game is set to leave early access or receive a large update, it is relatively common for them to have a limited free period.
This is especially true when the update makes significant gameplay changes that are likely to interest new players. For example, No Man's Sky—arguably the great redemption story in gaming history—almost always has free weekends that coincide with major updates.
If you're a console player, don't worry, you're probably not going to be left out—when games have free play weekends associated with a launch or major content update, they're typically free on all platforms.
If you're trying to guess when a game might have a free weekend, start by checking their update schedule and their past free play events.
Free-to-Play Events Have Perks
Free-to-play events, regardless of whether they're through Steam or elsewhere, almost always come with perks for participants.
You'll usually be able to save a few bucks if you buy a game during or immediately following a free play event. As an example, Civilization VI, which had a free weekend right before this article was written, was 90% off. If the game has microtransactions, the in-game currency or the items themselves are often discounted, too.
Of course, discounts aren't the only reason to play. Free-to-play events occasionally come with limited promotional items. If they are
The website gametalkz.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.
Top Authors
Popular Topics
pushsquare.com
20.03.2024 / 01:25
Story DLC and Multiple Free Updates Revealed for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown | Push Square
Ubisoft Montpellier has today confirmed the slate of free and paid updates it has planned for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, having first teased them last month. The main addition takes the form of a paid story DLC arriving in the second half of 2024, but releasing between now and then are three updates adding new modes and challenges, all for free.
polygon.com
18.03.2024 / 22:13
Many great board games are buy 1, get 1 half off at Target
Target is offering a great opportunity to stock up on essential board games for less. If you add two games participating in the sale to your cart, the retailer will knock 50% off one that’s of equal or lesser value. Some of our favorite tabletop titles are included in this promotion. For instance, if you wanted to pick up the fourth edition of Twilight Imperium and its expansion, Prophecy of Kings, you’d only pay $167.99 instead of the usual price of $204.99 for the star-spanning epic.
screenrant.com
18.03.2024 / 18:23
Three More Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass On March 31
Three titles are leaving Xbox Game Pass on March 31. It's common practice for Microsoft to add plenty of new first and third-party titles to its popular subscription service each month, but it does also remove the occasional title to make way for them.
gamerant.com
16.03.2024 / 23:11
Roblox Fans Are Not Happy About The Hunt Event
Many Roblox fans have recently taken to social media to criticize the game's latest event. Called The Hunt: First Edition, the new Roblox happening has so far attracted criticism for everything from its steep progression curve to rewards, among other things.
rockpapershotgun.com
15.03.2024 / 17:35
RuneScape co-creator returns with a new free-to-play fantasy MMO, a decade in the works
The co-creator of long-running free-to-play fantasy MMO RuneScape has revealed the project his new studio has been working on for the last ten years. Surprise! It’s a new free-to-play fantasy MMO. But Andrew Gower and developers Fen Research insist that Brighter Shores will balance its nostalgic feel with a fresh approach to the well-worn genre that Gower himself helped wear in over two decades ago.
gamesindustry.biz
13.03.2024 / 14:19
Keoken Interactive: The way games are made and funded is "failing"
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox
gamesradar.com
12.03.2024 / 17:09
After releasing the mechs, Helldivers 2 calls on players to free 4 "high-priority" planets to "activate the Terminid Control System," and it sounds like a big deal
Helldivers 2 has a brand new Major Order focusing on quarantining the Terminid threat, but players will need to rapidly liberate four players to clear the objective.
gamesradar.com
11.03.2024 / 22:49
Final Fantasy 16 PC port is in the "final stages of optimization," system requirements are "somewhat high," and there's a demo on the way
The PC port of Final Fantasy 16 is at the end of its development cycle, producer Naoki 'Yoshi-P' Yoshida has revealed.
gamesradar.com
11.03.2024 / 17:14
Palworld Xbox players were apparently doing too much for the survival game to handle, so console saves over 16MB had to be patched
If you're a Palworld player on Xbox, an important patch has been rolled out to ensure that your save data is actually saving correctly, after some players started to see things go awry when their data got a bit too big for the game to handle.
videogameschronicle.com
10.03.2024 / 13:11
Former PlayStation boss: ‘Exclusivity will always be important’
Former CEO of SIE America and chairman of Worldwide Studios Shawn Layden has reiterated the importance of exclusivity during a recent podcast appearance.
pushsquare.com
10.03.2024 / 10:50
Baldur's Gate 3, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Lead the Way at the BAFTAs | Push Square
Baldur’s Gate 3 and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will go head-to-head once more at the BAFTAs, with both titles leading the way for nominations at this year’s show. Larian Studios’ phenomenal RPG secured an impressive 10 nominations overall, while Insomniac Games’ superhero sequel isn’t far behind, with nine. The two titles will compete with Alan Wake 2, Dave the Diver, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and Super Mario Bros Wonder for the Best Game accolade.