E3 2014: Sony announces social, free-to-play games for PS3, PS4, PS Vita

While free-to-play games are already huge money-makers for mobile and browser developers, console developers are racing to secure their own piece of the pie. At this year’s E3 in Los Angeles, Sony announced a variety of free-to-play titles for its PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 home consoles and PlayStation Vita handheld gaming system.

The PlayStation F2P campaign will offer a variety of gameplay experiences (many social) to users, available at no initial cost. From there, it will be up to gamers to decide how much (if any) they wish to support the games with in-game purchases.

Here’s a brief look at some of the first-party and third-party free-to-play games in the lineup.

Guns Up! (PS3, PS4, PS Vita) – Guns Up! is a free-to-play strategy game where players take on the role of a General, managing resources and deploying the right combination of troops, land mines, air strikes, and smoke screens to destroy...