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Action-RPG colossus Elden Ring is reportedly getting a free-to-play mobile adaptation with in-app purchases, which takes inspiration from miHoYo's Genshin Impact. It's being published by Tencent, who apparently acquired the licensing rights to Elden Ring back in 2022 and put a few dozen people to work on a prototype, even as the company acquired a 16% stake in Elden Ring developer From Software.

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[–] the_q@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I didn't miss the point. You're talking about free games that live on mtx and ads... That's the problem. There shouldn't be games that function that way, and the fact that you're using that as some gotcha talking point just proves how normalized they are. They're predatory.