Iron Crown event, and with it temporary solo mode, in which 60 players in the battle royale formula face each other has started in Apex Legends. In addition, the devs have introduced a set of new items to get, including the legendary axe, for which you have to pay a heavy price.
video games
Barth Faryna
August 14, 2019
With the 9.17 update, League of Legends will be enhanced with a system of achievements based on heroes - the so-called Eternals. There would be nothing controversial about that if it were not for the fact that the only way to get a set of achievements is to buy with the in-game currency, which can only be obtained with real money.
video games
Barth Faryna
August 14, 2019
The Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 microtransaction system generates noticeably higher revenues than the one featured in CoD: WWII. The latest installment of the series is also more popular and attracts players for much longer.
video games
Bart Swiatek
August 9, 2019
Many game publishers (including EA, Ubisoft and Blizzard) have agreed to new rules for lootboxes imposed by Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo.
video games
Paul Wozniak
August 9, 2019
Entertainment Software Association has revealed that Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft intend to change their policy on lootboxes. From next year, companies will impose the obligation to provide information about the chances of obtaining specific items from lootboxes in games published on their consoles.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
August 7, 2019
The devs of Rocket League informed that this year lootboxes will disappear from the game. This way, the players will always know what they are buying without having to buy a cat in a sack.
video games
Adrian Werner
August 7, 2019
The financial report of Take-Two Interactive for the previous quarter has been published. The publisher achieved impressive revenues, which is mainly due to microtransactions in Grand Theft Auto Online and Red Dead Online.
video games
Adrian Werner
August 6, 2019
NBA 2K19 has sold in 12 million copies, which makes the game the biggest bestseller in the series. The game also makes money from microtransactions.
video games
Adrian Werner
August 6, 2019
A bug appeared with the latest update for Team Fortress 2, which changed the drop rates of unusual items in some of crates from less than 1% to 100%. A flood of extremely rare skins has led to a market collapse.
video games
Paul Wozniak
July 27, 2019
According to the French portal Les Echos Ubisoft has been working on the implementation of blockchain technology in its games for some time now.
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Paul Wozniak
June 27, 2019
The Coalition has announced what the post-release monetization of Gears 5 will look like. We learned that the title will not have a Season Pass, lootboxes and paid maps, but will include microtransactions.
video games
Milosz Szubert
June 21, 2019
During a government commission meeting in the UK, a representative of Electronic Arts compared lootboxes to Kinder Surprises and claimed that gamers liked this element of video games.
video games
Jakub Mirowski
June 20, 2019
Thanks to the SuperData report, we learned that Mortal Kombat 11 found 1.8 million buyers in digital distribution. This is over four times more than Mortal Kombat X.
video games
Adrian Werner
May 22, 2019
American Senator Josh Hawley has announced a proposal for the regulation of microtransactions in games. The law would prohibit the presence of loot boxes and pay-to-win elements in games for people under the age of 18.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
May 8, 2019
During the stream with the first gameplay from the long-awaited production of Gearbox Software's studio - Borderlands 3, developers informed that we will not be able to buy items for real money that may give any advantage in the game to players.
video games
Bart Swiatek
May 2, 2019
Both reviewers and Internet users - members of the Reddit forum, report that the progression system used in Mortal Kombat 11 is extremely unfriendly to players. Acquiring and improving equipment requires a lot of time, and without it, some challenges are practically impossible to overcome.
video games
Bart Swiatek
April 24, 2019
Mortal Kombat 11 requires a network connection to unlock a large part of the content. Such rumors appeared on the Internet and were allegedly confirmed by a deleted tweet by one of its creators. In addition, the presence of microtransactions has been confirmed.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
April 17, 2019
There won't be any microtransaction or multiplayer mode in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Such information was provided by Vince Zampella from Respawn Entertainment, and his words were confirmed by other devs.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
April 14, 2019
This August, the Federal Trade Commission will organize an open workshop on loot boxes and related issues, including their possible negative influence on the behavior of young gamers.
video games
Bart Swiatek
April 11, 2019
Piper Jaffray published its usual semi-annual report about teenager spendings in the USA. According to the company, young males spend as much as 14% of their income on video games. Most of this thanks to Fortnite.
video games
Milosz Szubert
April 10, 2019