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Massively Multiplayer Online Brawler ‘Happy Wars’ Coming to XBLA This Fall, Free-to-Play

By Landon Robinson | 25 August 2012 | 5 Comments   

For the first time, Microsoft will be publishing a free-to-play massively-multiplayer brawler for Xbox Live Arcade called Happy Wars. It launches this Fall for the low, low cost of $0 for Xbox Live Gold members.

With support for up to 30 players on two teams of 15, Happy Wars’ focus is on cel-shaded, tactical combat that has you duking it out with enemy players, taking over their castles, and customizing your character to your heart’s content.

And with three classes to select from (warrior, cleric and mage) and styles ranging from cute to comical to tough, it looks like you’ll have be hard-pressed to find a clothing combination you won’t like.

Though the game has been announced as free-to-play, Microsoft nor its developer on the game Toylogic have announced how they plan to make money on it. My gut tells me that we’ll see Microsoft Point-based microtransactions on new items like weapons and outfits, but that’s just an educated guess. It could also be ad-supported; it could be sponsored by Doritos; it could simply be free.

In addition to the game’s multiplayer offering, Happy Wars will happily provide an offline mode with a campaign stuffed with single player missions.

Happy Wars launches this fall and will be free to download and play for Xbox Live Gold members.

5 Comments

  1. Posted by JMAN on 25 August 12 at 9:56am

    Looks pretty goofy. I’ll check it out!

  2. Posted by Samantha on 25 August 12 at 2:40pm

    I hear Defiance is also going to be free 2 play for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC

  3. Posted by Samantha on 25 August 12 at 2:42pm

    also it reminds of fat princess… so gonna try it

  4. Posted by Samuel McBee on 27 August 12 at 9:43am

    totally unique for 360, if you only have a 360, like me, then this will be my first MMO experience, I was not going to pay monthly for the final fantasy one and the phantasy star online one especially when they were old by the time I heard about them. I think 360 is an untapped market and if it is an “ok” game then I think it could end up getting a lot of loyal users well unless another one comes along, but sometimes being first is enough.

  5. Posted by Drake Kehoe on 27 August 12 at 10:12am

    I hope that it is just free… not pay to win

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