According to numbers released by NPD, the impact of Star Wars Battlefront 2 loot boxes has significantly hit sales numbers. NPD says it has been…
Democrat representative Chris Lee raised his concerns over the Star Wars Battlefront 2 loot boxes on 22 November and things are progressing. In a new video update…
Take-Two president Karl Slatoff was on-hand to talk about the publisher’s work and touched on the latest loot box controversy sparked by Star Wars Battlefront 2….
The Star Wars Battlefront 2 drama has wiped out billions of dollars. Well OK, not directly, but close. According to CNBC, $3.1 billion of shareholder…
UPDATE: A recent Forbes article has done the legwork on the NCGP. Turns out that suspicions about the groups membership and efficacy were seemingly well-placed….
As loot boxes continue to come under scrutiny from various legal bodies, a member of the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) in…
The discussion on loot boxes continues this week as multiple nations weigh in on the issue. Not only have both Belgium and The Netherlands launched…
With the manic controversy around Battlefront 2 still raging, EA seems to be trying to avoid the same issues in other games. Need for Speed…
Earlier this week, we reported on a move by the Belgian Gaming Commission to investigate lootboxes in games like Star Wars Battlefront 2 to determine…
Star Wars Battlefront 2 appears to no longer offer paid microtransactions in-game. Crystals, the form of in-game currency that can be purchased for real dollars,…
As originally reported by VTM (via Gamasutra), the general director of the the Belgian Gaming Commission, Peter Naessens, told the local news outlet the commission…
OK, EA isn’t completely insane, so they’ve made some changes. Electronic Arts and DICE listened to the screeching horde of hundreds of thousands of gamers…
Yesterday a story was posted about concerns over the Star Wars Battlefront 2 progression system, and how the community felt about it. The issue has gained…
As one would expect given the uproar around Battlefront II, Origin Access players have been making their voices heard over the game’s unlock system ahead…
This month has seen a lot of news about Star Wars Battlefront II; from a paid EA Access trial, to loot box changes, now we…
As Capcom is banking on Monster Hunter: World to be the first major success in the west for the franchise, they’re taking notes on what…
Actually listening to player outrage for once, EA have decided to make some very important changes to the loot box and Star Card systems in…
Earlier this month, an effort to get video game lootboxes classified as gambling resulted in an online petition and questions being posed to the British…
Daniel Zeichner, Labour MP for Cambridge, has submitted two questions with regards to loot boxes and whether they can be deemed as gambling Ove the…
Due at least somewhat in part to the firestorm of pay-to-win accusations being thrown at Battlefront 2, EA and DICE have come out with a…
The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), the industry-created ratings group, has declared that it doesn’t see loot boxes as gambling – an important distinction for…
Loot boxes have infested gaming, their glorified and barely hidden gambling is becoming a scourge on modern gaming. In the same way that predatory microtransactions…
Monolith showcased today a brand new batch of gameplay of its upcoming open world action-adventure Middle-earth: Shadow of War, focusing on the economy. Although more players…