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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...
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...
New Zealand declares lootboxes not gambling under the law
Are lootboxes gambling? It seems like such a simple question, but it really isn't simple from a legal or ethical standpoint, and the answer...
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...
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...
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...
Hyperspace Beacon: What potential lockbox gambling laws could mean for SWTOR
Late yesterday I read these words Google-translated from Belgian news site VTM: "The Minister of Justice wants to prohibit purchases in video games if...
Belgium seeks to ban lockboxes as gambling, plus Hawaii and France weigh in
Capping off the Great Star Wars Battlefront II Fiasco of November, Belgium's Gambling Commission and the Dutch Gaming Authority both began investigating lootboxes/lockboxes to determine whether...
Analyst blames EA’s Star Wars Battlefront 2 fiasco on the press, Reddit, and video game purists
KeyBanc Capital Markets financial analyst Evan Wingren, who surely makes more money than you do, wants you to know that he's a gamer too!...
MMO Mechanics: What can be learned from Guild Wars 2 Mountgate?
Most often, MMO Mechanics articles focus on the gameplay mechanics that both make the MMO genre unique and those that diversify MMOs from one...
The Netherlands joins Belgium in investigating lockboxes as games of chance
Earlier this week, we reported on a move by the Belgian Gaming Commission to investigate lockboxes/lootboxes in games like Star Wars Battlefront 2 to...
Former SWTOR dev talks about designing ethical lockboxes
An extensive Twitter thread from former Star Wars: The Old Republic lead systems designer Damion Schubert grappled with the timely and touchy topic of lockboxes and microtransactions...
