lockbox

When it comes to lockboxes, enticing players to pay money for a random chance at goods has always been the hook behind this system....

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...

If you've played WildStar and lamented the fact that there just aren't enough places to get lockboxes in the game right now, you'll be...

What will Elder Scrolls Online be like when lockboxes come to town? Players have a chance to get an advance look at this future,...

A hotspot has just opened up in the admittedly already battle-ravaged world of Defiance. This week, the team initiated the Neo Votanis Freebooters event,...

Last weekend, the blogosphere exploded over an article that essentially told the MMORPG community to shut up, sit down, and stop complaining about things...

A reader named Paul recently wrote to us wondering why RNG lockboxes aren't considered gambling. Oh sure, we call them gambleboxes, but the government...

If you've waded in the waters of Star Trek Online's community for any length of time, you'll no doubt have noticed that there's a...

The Kelvin timeline is edging its way into Star Trek Online, but only in little ways here and there. There are incursions from the...

Star Wars: The Old Republic apparently couldn't stand to see RIFT hogging the business model drama spotlight today and has issued a new proclamation...

Back in October, PWE wrote about its plans to massively overhaul Neverwinter's Trade Bar Store -- that is, the special store where you can...

WildStar's world bosses are big, ornery, and the general sort of thing that lots of players need to band together to defeat. Nothing wrong...

Every once in a while in an MMO, the desire to play with numbers grips me, like the time I hand-crafted a thousand drinks in Star...

Today's Daily Grind topic comes to us in a roundabout way from Kickstarter donor Le Entrepreneur, who asks, Why do MMOs use cash shops they know...