Tag: Loot Boxes – Page 5
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Star Wars: Battlefront 2 Gets Review Bombed On Metacritic Due To Corporate Greed
EA has managed to avoid review bombs on services like Steam by keeping their games off of Valve's service. This limits the amount of consumer control that can b
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French UFC-Que Choisir Calls For Ban On Premium Loot Boxes Sold To Minors
The French consumer advocacy group, the UFC-Que Choisir, has penned a request to the French authority for online gaming and gambling, ARJEL, to begin implementi
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Australia’s Victorian Regulators Consider Loot Boxes A Form Of Gambling
One of the strategic analysts from the Compliance Division at the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation, working out of the state of Victoria
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Belgian Gambling Commission Labels Premium Loot Boxes As Gambling, Seeks Bans
The Belgian Gamng Commission has come to a conclusion after investigating the claims of premium loot box purchases in AAA games such as Star Wars: Battlefront I
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EA Temporarily Disables Star Wars: Battlefront 2 Microtransactions
Electronic Arts made a blog post indicating that microtransactions in Star Wars: Battlefront II will be temporarily disabled during the launch of the game to he
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Opinion: Here’s Why The Narrative About Microtransactions Helping Compensate For Expensive Games Fails
In this day and age where publishers and developers are proud to announce loot-boxes and microtransactions in their paid games, there's a wave of people support
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Randy Pitchford Talks Microtransactions And Loot-Boxes
Randy Pitchford has taken advantage of the new update for Twitter that lets you use more characters than before. Well, it looks like for some reason he wanted t
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EA And BioWare Are Discussing If Loot-Boxes Should Be In Anthem
I'm willing to bet that as tired as I am of loot-boxes you are too, right? Well, the never ending saga of loot-boxes continues with EA and BioWare contemplating
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Monster Hunter World Will Not Have Loot Boxes Or Microtransactions
Hot topics come up every so often that they even seep into popular franchises across different mediums like games. One such hot topic and game happens to be mic
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Is Call Of Duty: WW2 Loot-Box Vicarious Rewards System Detrimental?
Call of Duty: WW2 has a loot-box system that rewards players with content upon opening said box type. However, Activision and Sledgehammer Games have another sy
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EA Decides To Put Star Wars: Battlefront 2 Epic Tier Loot Boxes Behind Player Ranks
The feedback from the beta tests for Star Wars: Battlefront II were hewn in the anger and discontent from gamers who recognized that the scaling of the premium
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Assassin’s Creed: Origins Will Have Microtransactions, Ubisoft Says They’re Non-Intrusive
I don't think Ubisoft adding loot box and microtransactions to Assassin's Creed: Origins is a surprise, right? It's like water being wet, except I think most pe
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U.K Gambling Commission Recognizes Loot Box Risks, Keeps Them Under Review
The U.K., Gambling Commission has been alerted of the rising risks of loot boxes in many AAA titles, which have made an explosive presence in games this year. L