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Forza Motorsport 7 is removing their version of loot boxes in a few months, and Forza Horizon 4 will drop paid tokens. Prior to these incoming changes, these games used a premium currency called CR, or Credits, that they could earn through playing the game, and then spend the CR on loot crates that held
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Middle-earth: Shadow of War is removing all traces of microtransactions in today’s latest title update. The 1.18 feature update also adds a variety of new features and bug fixes to the RPG. The market section of the game will be replaced with a new Garrison menu that stores all the Orcs you’ve unlocked via gameplay
Blizzard has been putting in a huge amount of effort to combat the ever-present toxicity in their games. Overwatch has become infamous for the levels of hostile and belittling behavior permeated throughout the game community. They’ve done a commendable job so far, but their latest efforts seem to have been stunningly successful at combating unwanted
The German government is infamous for heavy censorship laws and crackdowns on certain business practices, and this week that trend continues with new legislation concerning pre-order offers on video games. he ruling came from the Higher Regional Court in Munich following a court case surrounding the pre-order sales of smartphones. This was brought to light
Steam is slowly making changes to its UI in order to customize the experience for each user. Valve is now working with a new interface that delivers a more tailored list of games to users based on their interests and existing library of games. The main aspect of this new system is the “Upcoming” tab
Bearish behavior like this is actually very common in the games industry. Whether it’s the failure of a new piece of hardware with Sony, or an overall negative outlook on the financial prospects of the video games industry, this kind of event isn’t all that uncommon. In this case, Capcom was hit with a substantial
Content Warning: This article features discussion of, and references/links to, harassment and sexual violence. You have been warned. In yet another unsurprising turn of events, a female game developer was mobbed by reactionaries online, for being rude to someone pulling the “actually. . .” card; something that any woman has dealt with, and are probably
France may soon take action against loot boxes, and they’re not alone. An analysis of the French report courtesy of media law associate Sebastian Schwiddessen has helped push the issue of loot boxes and gambling in video games back to the forefront. The ARJEL’s response is pushing for a vote on what course of action
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A recent blog post from Steam has caused quite a stir on the internet. And to understand why, you have to feast your eyes on this circus of tragedy. In simple terms, Valve are going to stop blocking most Steam releases. This means that all the nightmare scenarios from the days of Steam Greenlight are
Rockstar has announced that Red Dead Redemption 2 will be getting three special edition releases, including a massive Collector’s Box that doesn’t include the game, because that’s a thing that games do nowadays. This $100 box of tat that doesn’t include the $60 game does include the following “collector’s items”: Metal tithing lockbox inspired by
A copy of this game was provided by the developers for the purposes of this review. The version used was an early press build, so some bugs mentioned may be fixed upon release. Starship Corporation is a game all about one thing, building spaceships. The game has been in Early Access on Steam since 2016,
Rockfish Games released their single-player focused, 3D space-shooter Everspace back in May 2017 for Windows PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Since then the team has been consistently updating the game, as well as trying to get more exposure for the title in an increasingly-crowded space-shooter market. They’ve hit some stumbling blocks though
The Dutch Gaming Authority, the body responsible for administering gambling and games of chance in the Netherlands, has finished an investigation into loot boxes in video games. And citing that investigation, the body has ruled that multiple games may be in violation of gambling and related rules within the country. Interested readers can find an
For those that aren’t aware, the Russia government is quite angry with Amazon and Google over the encrypted messaging app Telegram. The Russian FSB and similar outfits have launched an all-out offensive against the messaging service, citing security concerns in an attempt to silence dissent and ferret out those that the Russian government wants to
With the 3.3 patch and challenge League upcoming to Path of Exile, lots of people want to know what kind of build they should be running. And a lot of newer players are lost in a quagmire of choices and complex mechanics that they can’t easily make heads or tails of. We’re here to help
Three game companies, including free-to-play giant Nexon, have been penalized by South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission over the use of loot boxes. Nexon, NextFloor and Netmarble have been fined a total of around $1 million over deceptive in-game item sales, mostly focusing on loot boxes. The lion’s share of the burden falls on Nexon, who
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