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UK lawmakers examine lockboxes, PEGI leaves definitions to gambling commissions
The ESRB may not be interested in protecting gamers against predatory business model practices like lockboxes, but European regulators may be joining their Chinese...
But seriously, lockboxes suck, even if the ESRB doesn’t think they’re gambling. Stop buying lockboxes.
So, MMO players. Are you tired of hearing about lockboxes and gambleboxes? It feels like we've been complaining about them for like six or...
This is how MMO lockboxes manipulate your mind
It is not going to shock you to hear that lockboxes are kind of evil. We here at Massively OP have been beating on...
RuneScape players accuse new lockbox promo of promoting gambling to children
RuneScape announced yesterday a new promo that works in conjunction with its existing Treasure Hunter system. It's a bit of a lockbox system, with...
No, exploitative gacha mechanics are not a good idea for western devs
We've been talking about exploitative gacha games and related business models on Massively OP for a long time, most recently and notably in depth earlier...
Pokemon Go: The Milwaukee lawsuit, rare Pikachu, and the gym reporting problem
It's been almost a year now since non-expat Americans were able to play Niantic's Pokemon Go. While we're naturally seeing birthday rumors, the game's unique...
Hearthstone nerfs bothersome Quest Rogue deck, skirts around Chinese lockbox regulations
Following Hearthstone's most recent expansion, Journey to Un'Goro, one deck has come to dominate pretty much all others -- and Blizzard now says that...
Wild West Online asks players what sort of gambling they want to see
It's just not right to think of the stereotypical wild west without including some gambling. Based on movies on the subject, cheating at poker...
City of Titans on endgame, alting, PvP, business models, lockboxes, and whales
The first and most-backed City of Heroes successor City of Titans has a couple of dev pieces out this month answering questions posed to...
Overwatch: Hero leaks, lockbox probabilities, and Korean political humor
As Asian countries are cracking down on online games with lockbox gambling, gaming companies are complying with transparency. To wit: Blizzard's Chinese Overwatch website...
Here’s what’s in Neverwinter’s Cloaked Ascendancy lockboxes
One of the many content chunks and upgrades landing in Neverwinter when Cloaked Ascendancy launches next week is... lockboxes. In fact, PWE put out...
FIFA YouTubers plead guilty to charges under UK gambling act
Back in September, we reported on the UK's case against Craig "NepentheZ" Douglas and Dylan Rigby, the YouTubers charged under the Gambling Act with...
Here’s what the whole Counter-Strike gambling thing is about
If you are outside of the Counter-Strike Global Offensive community, you might not know what a big deal the whole "skin gambling" thing is...
MMO lockboxes, keys, and booster packs: Gambling or gaming?
Lockboxes have become a hot topic over the last couple of years. Last month, both our writers and readers crowned SWTOR worst business model of...
EVE Evolved: 2016 EVE Online year in review
It's been another busy year for sci-fi MMO EVE Online, and an absolute roller coaster ride for both players and developer CCP Games. On the...
Massively OP’s Best of 2016 Awards: Best MMORPG Trend of 2016
Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2016 awards continue today with our award for Best MMORPG Trend of 2016, which was awarded to the staggering resurgence of MMORPG expansions...
EVE Online GMs removed at least 25 trillion ISK worth $400,000 from the game
If you've been reading the gaming news this week, you may have heard about the enormous amount of wealth that was recently removed from EVE...
EVE Evolved: Controversy over gambling bans and charities
It's been a crazy, drama-filled week in EVE Online, starting with a controversial change to the EULA that will ban all gambling sites using in-game currency or assets...
CCP outlaws gambling in EVE Online, bans RMT organizations
Changes to EVE Online's EULA coming in November with the launch of Ascension and the free-to-play conversion will effectively outlaw gambling, which has been a...
Tamriel Infinium vs Hyperspace Beacon: Three ways to make lockboxes work better in MMORPGs
Last week, I stirred up a hornet’s nest by bringing up the topic of lockboxes and how I really didn’t mind them in general.
Hyperspace...
