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If you were in any way hoping that the Dutch Gaming Authority's ruling about lockboxes would lead to a worldwide shift, it seems that's...

You know how sometimes, when nosy press asks you a question with no good answer, you're better off shutting up? And when they don't...

If you haven't heard the word, EA may be hopping off the lootbox train -- at least for the time being. The mega-publisher took a...

GamesIndustry.biz has a fantastic piece illuminating the Entertainment Software Association's apparent game plan on lockboxes going forward. The publication recaps a lengthy talk ESA...

Last week, Guild Wars 2's Crystin Cox gave a monetization interview to Gamasutra during which she made one specific argument I wanted to pull...

Convenience and cosmetics. These are the foundational pillars of Guild Wars 2's microtransactions, and back at GDC earlier this year, Game Director Crystin Cox...

Back in 2017, at the height of mainstream outrage over lockbox shenanigans, Belgium became one of the very first countries to take the problem seriously (instead...

Look, we know, none of the people reading this right now like lockboxes. And, you know, for good reason. But despite that dislike, lockboxes...

EA's quarterly financial report and investor call turned out to be a doozy this year with quite a bit of useful news. To wit: BioWare's...

Ever since Standing Stone Games started ramping up the prominence of Lord of the Rings Online's lockboxes following last year's Mordor expansion, the microtransactions...

Back in 2017, at the height of mainstream outrage over lockbox shenanigans, Belgium became one of the very first countries to take the problem...

So here's an interesting case that could impact online game development in the US. Apparently, a few weeks ago the Ninth Circuit of U.S....

If you had expected the Netherlands to be leading the fight against lootboxes, you may be more clairvoyant than the rest of the population....

How big a deal with the lootbox controversy that finally hit the mainstream last year? Pretty big, SuperData argues. In a new blog post,...

Dauntless is a game in which fleshy mortals willingly attack beasts twenty times their size, so this is not a title that deals in...

Nexon isn't the only Korean studio that has been targeted by the government and fined for dishonest practices with its online games and lockboxes. The...

If you've ever been frustrated over online games refusing to disclose the odds of winning anything in lockboxes, then get ready to do a...

Not quite a year ago, we covered a brand-new MMO community called the MMO Book Club, whose goal was to bring MMO players together...

With all of the discussion and controversy over MMO lockboxes as of late (you might have seen something), one thing we haven't talked about...

Don't call it a victory - nobody wins forever in the Star Wars universe - but there's still reason to cheer in Star Wars...