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Lockbox roundup: MMO studios on ‘elegant’ lockboxes, legal issues, and the ‘cosmetics only’ angle
You know the lockbox thing is reaching saturation when there are so many things to cover we have to resort to a roundup. Nevertheless,...
How video game lockboxes use psychology to manipulate you
We here at Massively OP can't get rid of lockboxes, but by gum, we're not going to roll over and give up on fighting...
The most popular MMORPG conversations of 2017
Last week, we posted a rundown of the most popular MMORPG articles of 2017, calculated strictly by the number of pageviews they got. Today, we're going...
Destiny 2’s playerbase is melting down over holiday lockboxes in Eververse
Destiny 2 just can't seem to stop pissing off everyone. Its Dawning holiday event, detractors argue, is overtly designed as a moneygrab focused around...
Apple now demands lootbox odds disclosures from Appstore games
No matter what type of mobile device you run as your daily driver, you're probably going to be surprised to hear that Apple is...
Path of Exile: War for the Atlas releases on Xbox One
A couple of weeks after the PC version launched, Path of Exile: War for the Atlas has finally arrived on Xbox One. The MMOARPG...
Gaming industry roundup: SWBG2’s poor sales, Gambling Commission, slot machines, and parody games
Don't agree that lockboxes, lootboxes, and gambleboxes were the biggest story of the year? We've collected so many news tidbits just on that over...
RIFT would like to sell you a random mount for $100
We were talking on the podcast this week about how Trion Worlds tends to aggressively pursue different revenue streams in its MMOs -- and...
Massively OP’s Best of 2017 Awards: Biggest MMO Story of 2017
Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2017 awards continue today with our award for Biggest MMO Story, which was awarded to the death of EverQuest Next last year. This isn't...
PUBG makes Aussie players geocache for lootcrates this weekend
Dammit Australia. As if buying lockboxes in video games isn't bad enough, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds means to make you chase them in real life.
Apparently, Xbox...
Hawaii state rep Chris Lee urges gamers to contact their local governments about lockboxes
Say you were a legislator concerned about the lootbox/lockbox gambling issues in gaming. How would you actually go about drafting a law that targets...
EA patches Star Wars Battlefront 2 as petition asking Lucasfilm to drop EA reaches 120K sigs
How hard is EA trying to salvage its rep hit from the Star Wars Battlefront 2 drama? It's hard to judge right now. This...
Hawaii state representative calls on game industry to self-regulate on lockboxes
With the rhetoric and discussion around video game lockboxes at a fever pitch, it has drawn the attention of at least one US congressperson...
The Soapbox: Evaluating gaming monetization through the lens of Nintendo’s mobile history
Bloggers and journalists throughout the online gaming industry have been talking about monetization a lot lately. It's not just lockbox/gachapon scandals, or their relationship...
EA caught in lie over Star Wars Battlefront II customization, brings lootbox madness to UFC 3
Among the controversy of EA's pay-to-win lockboxes in Star Wars Battlefront II emerges a rather reasonable question: Why didn't the studio create and use...
Red Dead Redemption publisher president defends lockboxes
Not everyone in the video game industry is shying away from lockboxes or denouncing them outright. Take-Two Interactive President Karl Slatoff took the side...
EA lockbox debacle wipes out billions in stock as SuperData forecasts regulation
It looks as though the rebels may have defeated the empire -- or at least struck a mighty blow to give the latter pause.
CNBC...
‘Gaming industry vets’ form ‘crisis’ coalition to fight lockboxes and ‘unscrupulous’ studios [Update]
We've updated below with Forbes' investigation into the ringleader.
A group of "industry leaders and experts" have apparently formed what they're calling National Committee for...
UK Gambling Commission hints it may fight lootboxes with age ratings
While you were eating turkey and buying loot this past weekend, the lockbox saga was trundling onward.
The UK Gambling Commission has formally stated that...
Australia turns up the heat on lockboxes
The controversy over lockboxes and their legal status continues to draw more attention from governments, with Australia now weighing in on the issue. Not...
