Palpatine’s behind it all! Or at least that’s the excuse Electronic Arts would wish they could use for the various missteps made in the development…
Warner Bros. has announced that 2017’s Middle-earth: Shadow of War, the sequel to Shadow of Mordor, will be getting a definitive edition at the end…
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…
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…
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…
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…
OK, so that headline is a bit of an exaggeration, loot boxes are still in Valve games like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and DOTA 2, but…
Path of Exile has a new Mystery Box. Grinding Gear Games have added 38 new micro-transactions to POE with the Sin and Innocence Mystery Box….
Even though other countries like the US and UK have trouble classifying loot boxes, that doesn’t appear to be an issue in Belgium. The investigation…
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…
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…
Warner Bros. and Monolith will be permanently removing all micro-transactions from Middle-Earth: Shadow of War. This is probably going to have mixed results since it’s…
It’s no secret at this point that EA and DICE screwed up with Star Wars Battlefront II. They failed to deliver “a sense of pride…
The promised progression revamp for Star Wars Battlefront 2 hits next week, and it’s changing quite a few things. The update lands on March 21,…
Some of you may remember that the ESRB infamously said that video game loot boxes are no different to booster packs in collectible card games….
According to a Rolling Stone report, during the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing, US Senator Maggie Hassan educated committee members on the dangers of…
Hawaii is one of the first US states to make moves against loot boxes and gambling in gaming. Rep. Chris Lee has led an action…
The Chinese New Year celebrations have begun in Overwatch with the Year of the Dog. Blizzard has added the new Capture the Flag map with…
In a segment on Swedish Radio P3 News this morning talking about FIFA Ultimate Team, Swedish minister for public administration Ardalan Shekarabi hinted that loot boxes…
At this point, everyone has an opinion on loot boxes and whether they are good or bad for gamers and the industry as a whole….
Electronic Arts had it’s Q3 financials call earlier today and things weren’t pretty. A major shortfall in sales numbers of Star Wars Battlefront II is…
A new digital version of Magic: The Gathering is coming soon. Called Magic: The Gathering Arena, it will allow players to purchase and collect cards…
To celebrate the new Path of Exile expansion, GGG have allowed players to claim a free MTX Christmas present! Check out the new Fire and…
The loot box disaster that has imploded all over the gaming scene these last few months just got more complicated. New Zealand’s Gambling Compliance office of…
