RedLynx defends Trials Frontier's mobile micro-transactions

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RedLynx has defended the inclusion of micro-transactions in Trials Frontier, the upcoming mobile version of its addictive racing series.
Speaking to Eurogamer at an event in the studio's home city of Helsinki, RedLynx boss Tero Virtala explained that Frontier's free-to-play business model was necessary for the game to reach a wide mobile audience - and help grow the brand as a whole.
"We evaluated a lot how Trials should go to mobile for the first time," Virtala said. "We tried to understand the audience, where the platform is heading, what kind of game we should develop to have a big userbase but also serve our core audience - and also ourselves, as gamers.
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