Aurora Feint’s Secret iPhone Project Includes a Free-to-Play Business Model

Looks like Aurora Feint has been up to more than just improving its OpenFeint platform. Today they are unveiling the first preview of a secret project they have been working on, code named “VSL.” The project is, in fact, a game for the iPhone that is scheduled for a holiday release, the company tells us. Fitting in nicely with the latest changes to Apple’s policies, this VSL game will be free to play.

After speaking with Peter Relan, Chairman of Aurora Feint, and Jason Citron, co-founder and CEO, we learned that VSL will be a casual, multiplayer game focused on “level unlocking and virtual goods packs,” (with packs costing around a dollar) intended to make use of the new in-app purchase system Apple has recently allowed for free to play games.

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