Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) today announced a bill that would ban loot boxes and pay-to-win microtransactions in…
Heroes of the Storm is ditching paid loot boxes. Announced in yesterday’s patch notes for the latest update, starting March 25, players will no longer be able to use Gems, the game’s premium currency, to buy loot chests. Instead, they’ll have to either earn them by playing or spending currency earned in-game.
Since Modern Warfare Remastered is free this month on PlayStation Plus, I decided to revisit some classic Call of…
If you’re lucky, opening a loot box in Apex Legends might get you a set of “heirloom” items. These are ultra rare…
Respawn’s new battle royal game Apex Legends has tons of cosmetic unlockables, ranging from new character outfits to…
The review aggregation website OpenCritic announced today that games with loot box mechanics will now include a…
The Loot Llamas in Fortnite Save The World are changing and becoming less random. Currently, Loot Llamas work like…
Command and Conquer: Rivals, out yesterday, takes the beloved real-time strategy series into the controversial world…
The Federal Trade Commission says it is investigating loot boxes, a controversial video game mechanic that can allow…
Valve’s latest update for Dota 2 changes how the free-to-play MOBA’s loot boxes work. It now discloses the odds for…
After days of players complaining of a rare item not dropping in Dota 2’s latest loot box, Valve put out a statement…
Players in the Netherlands can now see what’s inside a Dota 2 loot box before opening it. The change is part of…
Psyonix has revealed the drop rates for Rocket League’s loot crates. The studio says these haven’t changed since they were first added to the game back in September of 2016, and the rates track closely with various player estimates. The game’s battle pass arrives later this summer.
There’s finally a new Star Ocean game after 2016's barebones Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness. Unfortunately, …
Pay-to-win games are garbage. Loot boxes are passe. Cosmetics are cute, but not a great incentive to keep playing.…
Last night, the official Battlefield Twitter account published something interesting—a promise that not only will…
QUOTE | “We’re working with all the industry associations globally and with regulators in various jurisdictions and…
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Loot boxes in FIFA 18, Overwatch, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive are now illegal in Belgium, with the…
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp just got loot boxes in its latest update. Thanks, I hate it!
Three game companies—including online giants Nexon—have been fined almost one million dollars by Korea’s Fair Trade…