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Lawful Neutral: Mr. Krabs’ Wacky Bucks and currency in online games

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I used to watch Spongebob religiously. I loved the days when I could put on Nickelodeon and have Spongebob on for hours. One of...

The MOP Up: Lost Ark expands to Japan and eyes an Assassin class

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Lost Ark is setting its sights on new horizons - are we next? We still don't know, but this past week, Smilegate revealed it...
THE BOX OF LOCKS

Flemish Games Association speaks out against Belgium’s loot box ban

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You may recall that last year, the Belgian Gaming Commission (BGC) released a report in which it concluded that "the purchase of loot boxes...

Rockstar restricts Red Dead Online’s poker minigame due to regional gambling laws

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Last week, Rockstar gave Red Dead Online players the opportunity to settle down with some friendly games of poker, but it would appear that...
Now my stats are good!

US Senator takes aim at lockboxes and pay-to-win with ‘Protecting Children From Abusive Games Act’

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The gamblebox issue isn't dying down any time soon, it appears. As Kotaku first reported, Missouri Senator Josh Hawley has announced he plans to...
Snoooooow

Heroes of the Storm yanks the cash option for lockboxes in its latest test patch

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You can buy lockboxes right now in Heroes of the Storm, but with the current patch in testing on the game's test server, you will...

EA cuts sale of FIFA currency in Belgium in ongoing lootbox legal conflict

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Remember back in 2018 when Belgium cracked down on gambleboxes in video games, zeroing in on Overwatch, FIFA 18, and CSGO and ordering them...

Gamigo is expanding ArcheAge’s team, reducing lockboxes, and evaluating the Gazillion assets

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MMOBomb has an interview up with Gamigo's top brass today that has some interesting nuggets for MMO players wondering about the current state of...

The FTC commits to investigating video game lootboxes following US Senate subcommittee hearing

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Readers following the long-running lootbox/lockbox debate will recall that back in February of this year, New Hampshire Senator Maggie Hassan, who sits on the...
THE BOX OF LOCKS

Nearly a third of the kids surveyed in the UK Gambling Commission’s study admitted to buying lockboxes

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The UK Gambling Commission's Young People & Gambling 2018 report was released this month with disturbing statistics for the role gambling is apparently playing...
THE BOX OF LOCKS

MMO Business Roundup: Japanese lockboxes, POGO and Square Enix financials, and Prima’s end

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"The Good Times Are Over for Japan’s Loot-Box-Style Gaming Bonanza" - that's the brutal headline plonked onto this week's Bloomberg report on Japanese lockboxes....

MMO Business Roundup: FIFA lockboxes, anti-swatting policy, Fortnite on SNL, Free Guy, UO postmortem

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Whenever our newsroom gets overloaded with weird industry-related articles that nobody feels like writing, another edition of the MMO Business Roundup gets its wings! FIFA...

Ireland signed declaration of concern but won’t regulate lockboxes as gambling

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Remember two weeks ago when a bunch of representatives from the Europe and US cosigned a declaration noting concerns over skin-betting and lockboxes at...

MapleStory 2 answers questions about the head start and monetization

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With only a couple of weeks to go before MapleStory 2 makes its big debut in the west, it is all hands on deck...

Guild Wars 2: Belgian players report gem-buying block, plus more on the bubble tea bans

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If you're a Belgian gamer, you should probably take a peek at your Guild Wars 2 account. Multiple Redditors and forumgoers from the country...
Kick it down the road.

UK researchers identify link between lootboxes and problem gambling

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Are lockboxes just another form of gambling? That depends on which government entity, scientist, lawyer, or doctor you ask. But maybe the question we...

PAX West 2018: Anthem shuns content paywalls, lockboxes while embracing ‘reactive storytelling’

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More information from BioWare's Anthem presentation at PAX West this weekend has continued to roll out, bolstering the gorgeous trailer and potentially worrisome story-related...

Star Wars Galaxies fans are working on an emulator for the game’s TCG

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I haven't been making any secret of how much fun I'm having in the Star Wars Galaxies Legends emulator (and thanks so much to...
No, our wholly predictable problems!

Dota 2 apes Path of Exile with transparent lockboxes for Dutch players

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Remember when the Dutch gaming authorities effectively threatened to prosecute prosecute companies like Valve for vending and trading lockboxes the government agencies considered a...

Massively Overthinking: The case for rarity and randomness in MMO monetization

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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...

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