microtransaction
Lootbox regulation recommended by Australian parliamentary committee
While words and recommendations can certainly be considered equal to vapor, the fact that Australia's parliament appears poised to make moves against lockbox monetization...
Wolcen devs discuss launch issues, cash shops, endgame updates, and a new story chapter
The developers of Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem recently sat down for an interview with Gamestar - it's in German, but a helpful Reddit post has...
Bless Unleashed offers a two-part preview of its cash shop
With Bless Unleashed finally approaching a launch, the developers want you to be aware of it and feeling good about giving it a spin. And...
The IRS deleted guidelines citing Fortnite’s Vbucks as virtual currency like Bitcoin
Every so often you just get to see a news story and think to yourself that this is going to turn into a major issue...
Massively Overthinking: MassivelyOP, five years in
Five years ago, we flipped a switch, let the site go live, and published our first article as Massively OP. It was from Justin,...
The Game Archaeologist: The legacy of Guild Wars
Last week on The Game Archaeologist, we examined the exciting beginnings of Guild Wars, thanks to a trio of ex-Blizzard developers who wanted to...
Apex Legends is getting a mobile version for the Chinese market
Mobile gaming and breaking into the Chinese gaming market (however lucrative that may or may not be) are still going to be things that...
Blizzard’s Diablo just picked up a new overseer, and some fans are worried
Well now, the Diablo franchise just got a wee bit more interesting. Prominent Epic and Microsoft developer Rod Fergusson announced last night that he's...
Destiny 2’s Eververse cash shop begins to invade the game once again
There's just something about Destiny 2 repeating its own history. Think back to 2017, when the game's Dawning holiday event caused a furor over...
The best MassivelyOP community Daily Grinds of 2019
Last year, I counted it up: The first Daily Grind on Massively was written on November 3rd, 2007, one day after Old Massively was...
Mobile MMORPG Tales of Wind aims to release on PC this week
If you ask me, you can never have enough cute in your MMORPG diet, so at least from a visual standpoint consider me passing...
EVE Evolved: First impressions of the EVE Echoes mobile beta
EVE Online has been a PC MMO staple now for over 16 years, carving out a niche for itself as a long-term hobby with...
Google and Epic Games are squabbling over Fortnite’s Android fees – again
Epic Games and Google are butting heads in what continues to be the technology version of a DragonBall Z fight with similar levels of...
Path of Exile’s Conquerors of the Atlas update sparks a $53,750 boss kill challenge
A new content update for an MMO is exciting enough, but when you pair it up with $53,750 worth of prizes, it blows off...
Star Trek Online makes Phoenix Packs permanent while removing a daily free pack
The biggest problem you can get with exchanges between real-money currencies and in-game currencies in MMOs is when one is far more valuable than...
SuperData October 2019: League of Legends is back on top as console and PC trend downward
SuperData's October 2019 global revenue report on the video game industry is up today, and if you were hoping the PC and console industry...
RuneScape is rethinking its monetization after UK report on one player’s alleged $62K spend
RuneScape is a pretty old game, but it has a new way of doing business as a free-to-play MMORPG with various microtransaction models and...
Superdata says in-game spending is down thanks to gamers’ leeriness of monetization schemes
This news will very likely elicit replies of "well, duh" from many, but now there are numbers from Superdata to back it up: Overall...
Diablo IV lead developer confirms cosmetic microtransactions will be in the game
So, just how will Blizzard make sweet, sweet money off of Diablo IV? Expansions, surely. A cash shop, apparently. And that cash shop will...
China is really adding that youth gaming curfew and block on sex and gore in games
Sometimes it's easy to forget that gamers over in China have it very different than we do in the west. If you need a...
