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Geek Culture / Rise and fall. Why is it free?

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General Reed
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Basicly, as the title says. The game Rise and Fall:Civilizations at war, is now free. I personaly bought it about 3 weeks after it was released, and was personaly very happy about the purchase. It was even rated 91% by Pc Gamer, so why are they now giving away such a succsesful game for free? Its a bit like giving away Half-life 2 or halo 3 for free.

http://www.gamershell.com/download_33916.shtml

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IanM
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Posted: 13th Oct 2008 15:09
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Someone else is paying for it - it's apparently now an ad-sponsored game.

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General Reed
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I see. Thanks for clearing this up IanM

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Alucard94
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Posted: 13th Oct 2008 18:09
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Well let's not complain, free is free.


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JoelJ
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Posted: 13th Oct 2008 21:30
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yay! Another free game to sink my teeth into...
I kinda like this trend...


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puppyofkosh
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Quote: "Well let's not complain, free is free."

free is also awesome.
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Alucard94
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Posted: 13th Oct 2008 21:56
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Quote: "yay! Another free game to sink my teeth into...
I kinda like this trend...
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I'd say it's a good way to stop piracy if anything.


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soapyfish
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I didn't know about this but hey, I do know. Might as well get downloading. Perhaps more companies will take this route in the future, maybe offering a paying option as well for anybody who really didn't want adverts in their game.


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JoelJ
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So... this is a HUGE download... 2.4gb? it better be good.


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draknir_
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excellent! Ill be downloading that then.
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bergice
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Omg, i always wanted that game, tried the demo and all but didnt buy it, i am so downloading this, thanks for telling


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General Reed
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Hehe. No probs people. The way to keep up to date, and know what awesome gaming downloads are avaliable, is by checking gamershell.com oftern. Theres a whole "Full game" section, for these full games. I belevie there is area 51, farcry, and others avaliable for free aswell as rise and fall.

Enjoy.

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