Here's What's in Store for Us After Diablo 4's Release; Plenty to Spend Money On
Blizzard Entertainment has given an approximate launch date for the first season of Diablo IV and summarized what players can expect shortly after the game's release.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
May 11, 2023
Starfield With In-game Purchases Doesn't Have to be Bad
Starfield is to offer in-game purchases. Does this mean we're in for another single-player game with microtransactions? Not necessarily.
video games
Hubert Sledziewski
May 10, 2023
Call of Duty Takes a Step Toward P2W; Gamers are Concerned
With the launch of Season 3 of Modern Warfare II, a pay-to-win kit has appeared in the game's store, offering unique bonuses to one of the game's modules in addition to skins. A sizable portion of Call of Duty fans are dismayed to see that the game is heading towards pay-to-win.
video games
Marcin Przała
April 14, 2023
Player Asked Why No One is Annoyed by Battle Pass in Diablo 4; Answers are Surprising
Diablo 4 players seem to have great confidence in Blizzard. The community is defending the paid battle pass that will appear in the game.
video games
Hubert Sledziewski
April 11, 2023
Resident Evil 4 Remake Gets Free Mercenaries DLC While Two Key Characters Missing
Starting today, all Resident Evil 4 Remake owners can download the free DLC called The Mercenaries. Unfortunately, the popular Mercenaries Mode is missing two important characters. Instead, there are microtransactions.
video games
Kamil Kleszyk
April 7, 2023
CoH 3 Expecting Big Update Today That Many Will Not Like
Update 1.1.0 for Company of Heroes 3 will debut in a few hours, adding variety to multiplayer gameplay and introducing a microtransaction store.
video games
Adrian Werner
March 28, 2023
Fortnite Devs Must Pay Cheated Gamers and Parents as Much as $245 Million
The Federal Trade Commission has made a final decision on fines for Epic Games. Fortnite's business model was deemed a threat to players.
video games
Sonia Selerska
March 15, 2023
Dark and Darker Without P2W, but Microtransactions Unavoidable
The latest hit from Steam, Dark and Darker, will most likely debut with microtransactions. This was suggested by one of the developers, who admitted that game sales alone are not enough to maintain the game's servers.
video games
Marcin Przała
March 8, 2023
Another Country Deals Blow to Lootboxes; Sony to Refund FUT Packs
Austria joins countries that treat loot boxes as gambling. A court in the city of Hermagor has ordered Sony to refund the money a player used to purchase packs in FIFA Ultimate Team mode.
video games
Krzysztof Kaluzinski
March 5, 2023
Paid Emotes Coming to Military Shooter Squad; Players Protest
The announcement of the introduction of paid emotes to Squad has angered the community of this tactical shooter. Fans fear that this is only the beginning of negative changes.
video games
Adrian Werner
January 20, 2023
Darktide Devs Respond to Microtransaction Criticism, Players Memetize It
Although Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is apperas to be a successful game, on closer inspection problems emerge in it that players can't stand. One of them is the microtransaction system.
video games
Kamil Kleszyk
December 4, 2022
Darktide Shocks With Aggressive Monetization; Players Feel Cheated
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide has been attracting and delighting crowds of gamers, but the game's launch was spoiled by technical problems and microtransactions.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
December 1, 2022
Quo Vadis, Gaming? Serious Reflections on Progress, FOMO, and Direction of Gaming
„Those were the days!” – this, deeply philosophical call, seems to reflect an inner restlessness and unspoken longing. But is there truth in it? And does it apply to the gaming biz? Let's find out!
Opinions
Rafal Sankowski
November 18, 2022
Overwatch 2 Annoyed Players With Changes They Demanded
Kiriko from Overwatch 2 has many fans, but by some miracle she stirs up controversy all the time: either by „spoiling” characters, or by being at the center of complaints about microtransactions.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
November 3, 2022
Subnautica Devs Remove Microtransactions From Their New Game
The developers of the popular Subnautica, Unknown Worlds Entertainment, have decided to cut lootboxes from their new game. In addition, the developers will refund players the money they've spent.
video games
Kamil Kleszyk
October 28, 2022
Hogwarts Legacy Devs Promised no Microtransactions; There Are Doubts
Hogwarts Legacy has been classified as a game suitable for users of 15 years and older in Australia. The local commission included microtransactions in the product description, among other things.
video games
Michal Ciezadlik
October 27, 2022
Overwatch 2 Players Want Hated Feature Back; Fed Up With Grind and Battle Pass
Overwatch 2 will not feature classic loot boxes. This could have been very good news. However, it turns out that the alternative solution is much worse for many players.
video games
Kamil Kleszyk
October 19, 2022
2020 Hit is Dying; Community Sounds Alarm and Asks for Changes
Fall Guys, which not long ago was breaking records in popularity, is now in crisis. Players, eager to act, are proposing their changes to the game, and Twitter has been flooded with posts tagged #savefallguys.
video games
Michal Ciezadlik
October 12, 2022
Overwatch 2 Faces Well-deserved Review Bombing as Player Frustration Reaches Peak
Overwatch 2 has not won recognition among gamers. They are conducting a review bombing of Blizzard's game, which - unlike many other cases of this phenomenon - seems fully deserved. They criticize server queues, microtransactions, as well as bugs and strange gameplay solutions.
video games
Hubert Sledziewski
October 10, 2022
No Man's Sky Will Remain a Gaming Gem; Dev Doesn't Want Changes
In the latest interview, the founder of Hello Games talks about the process of porting No Man's Sky to Nintendo Switch consoles and declares that he will not change the company's current business model.
video games
Sonia Selerska
October 5, 2022