South Korea's free computer game model hits US

October 2nd, 2008 People are pictured playing video games in Seoul

People are pictured playing video games in Seoul, during a cyber game festival. Seoul-based "free-to-play" computer game titan Nexon on Wednesday blasted into the US videogame arena with a "Combat Arms" online first-person shooter title that makes its cash from optional "micro-transactions" by players.

Free computer game play that is all the rage in South Korean is taking hold in a US market dominated by videogames sold on packaged disks or by online subscriptions.

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