Loot Boxes (Page 2)

The ArcheAge lawsuit saga may finally be coming to a close.

Santa Claus is typically depicted as being, shall we say, plump.

Jagex has come under fire this year for its microtransaction practices in RuneScape, even to the point of getting called out for them by the British government.

Eurogamer has a long article titled "After RuneScape's controversial 2019, Jagex plots 'direct and deliberate' changes for 2020." The first half of the piece mostly rehashes what Jagex has been up to for most of the decade, fo...

You can no longer resell your Counter-Strike: Global Offensive keys.

Did you know that the UK had a "Children's Commissioner"?...

"The suspension heard 'round the world" keeps generating news.

Valve has changed how Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's loot boxes work in France.

Last week's report by the UK government regarding loot boxes and their potential regulation is making waves this week as well.

The other shoe hasn't quite dropped yet, but its laces are tickling the floor.

Pretty much everyone loves Path of Exile, but if there's one thing that people might have reason to gripe about, it's the game's loot boxes.

As if the ongoing war between Steam and the Epic Games Store wasn't enough for you, My.Games, the developer and publisher formerly known as My.com, is entering the digital storefront business.

The Federal Trade Commission heard from a number of different parties during its workshop on loot boxes in video games earlier this week.

"Never tell me the odds," Han Solo once said.

It seems like the UK has way too many officials who are being quoted on the subject of loot boxes in gaming.

UK Minister for Digital and the Creative Industries Margot James appeared before the Commons committee of the UK Parliament earlier this week to offer her opinion on the status of loot boxes in video games.

We've finally got the text of Senate Bill 1629, a.k.a.

Kotaku's Jason Scheirer landed an interview with Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, who earlier this month made it known that he intends to propose anti-loot-box legislation to Congress.

Update: We've found Senator Hawley's one-page proposal regarding loot boxes and exploitative practices in video games.

Researchers from the University of British Columbia's Centre for Gambling Research have produced a paper linking loot boxes in video games and addictive gambling behavior.

The newest patch for Heroes of the Storm goes live on the PTR this week, and it's got the usual assortment of bug fixes, hero changes, numerical tweaks, and so on.

Last summer, Valve changed how loot boxes in Dota 2 operated in the Netherlands, allowing Dutch players to "preview" the contents of their next box before purchasing.

It's time, once again, to be amazed and astounded by my precocious acts of prestidigitation, my prescient predictions, my prattling on about probable outcomes … however you put it, it's free-to-play prediction time again her...

There may have been a dearth of impactful new free-to-play games in 2018, but that doesn't mean there wasn't plenty to talk about.

Game developers aren't always just trying to get you to buy more loot boxes.

Loot boxes are finally drawing the attention of Congress here in the United States.

Valve's taken a lot of heat the past few months for the way it handles its loot boxes in Dota 2.

Perhaps it's no surprise that a country synonymous with "luck" would give loot boxes the OK.

UPDATE, 9/25: ArenaNet has posted a brief statement to the Guild Wars 2 forums: Update on the Purchase Status for Belgium In order to conform to changes in Belgian law, purchases of gems, the Ultimate Edition, and the Ul...

If you hate Mondays, just think of how the developers of games that have loot boxes must hate them -- or at least this Monday, in particular.