Wow's New Paid Outfit Angered the Community
Blizzard has chosen a rather unfortunate moment to reveal a new armor set in the game's store. This is because the Stargazer Pack outfit looks significantly better than the announced level sets.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
November 19, 2021
Blizzard Boss Invites to a 'Sales Run' and Sparks a Storm in WoW Community
WoW fans are once engaged in heated discussions about the so-called raid boosting. All because of one of the heads of Blizzard inviting players to a so-called sales run.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
October 21, 2021
New Microtransactions in Marvel's Avengers Enraged Gamers
Fans of Marvel's Avengers are furious. Despite the developers' earlier promises, microtransactions that boost character progression rate have been added to the game.
video games
Adrian Werner
October 9, 2021
New CS:GO Operation Taking Flak for Fortniteesque Skins
The topic of operator skins in CS:GO is a recurring one. Some players believe that the skins from the latest operation, Riptide, completely do not fit the game's style. They are even compared to those from Fortnite.
video games
Michal Ciezadlik
September 24, 2021
Marvel's Midnight Suns Won't Offer Microtransactions That Disrupt Game Balance
Marvel's Midnight Suns will not offer microtransactions and will focus entirely on the single player experience. This was confirmed by the game's creative director Jake Solomon.
video games
Paul Musiolik
September 4, 2021
EA is Making a Ton of Money on Live-service Games
Live-service games like Apex Legends and FUT mode in FIFA 21 remain a vein of gold for Electronic Arts. Meanwhile, the publisher is reporting diminishing revenues from sales of its titles.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
August 5, 2021
Dead Space Remake Without Microtransactions and Loading Screens
Dead Space remake creators revealed new details about the project. We found out, among others, that the game will have no microtransactions and the changes the remake will offer.
video games
Adrian Werner
July 23, 2021
Massive PS4 Mining Rig Was Used for FIFA Ultimate Team Coins
What was thought to be a crypto mine turned out to be a bot farm mining FIFA Ultimate Team coins. There's new information on the thousands of PS4 consoles found in Ukrainian warehouse.
Tech
Adam Krolak
July 18, 2021
Dying Light 2: Disk Size, Cross-play, Ray Tracing and... Microtransactions
The release of Dying Light 2 is still far away, but thanks to the launch of pre-orders, we've learned a bit about its technical aspects.
video games
Hubert Sledziewski
May 30, 2021
Ultimate Team Modes Bring EA $3k Per Minute
Ultimate Team packs continue to bring Electronic Arts huge money. According to the company's financial report, last year alone the revenue from lootboxes in sports series like FIFA amounted to more than one and a half billion dollars.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
May 28, 2021
Apex Legends Devs Vaguely Explain High Skin Prices
Respawn Entertainment has responded to player criticism over the high prices of cosmetic items in Apex Legends.
video games
Hubert Sledziewski
May 24, 2021
WoW Classic Character Cloning Will be Much Cheaper
Developers from Blizzard Entertainment decided to significantly reduce the price of character cloning service in WoW Classic. From now on, we will pay less than half the original price.
video games
Bart Swiatek
May 14, 2021
EA With Record Revenue; Plans to Develop Live-service Games
Electronic Arts boasted record revenue in last fiscal year, with as much as $4 billion coming from live-service games (LGS). CEO Andrew Wilson talks about further development of the category.
video games
Angelika Kaldus
May 12, 2021
Doom Eternal Gets Paid Skins, Despite Promises of No Microtransactions
Cosmetic DLCs for Doom Eternal has appeared, available for purchase for real cash. It was quite an unexpected decision, because the creative director of id Software insisted before the launch that the sequel will not feature any microtransactions.
video games
April 30, 2021
EA Denies Steering Players Into FUT
EA responds to journalist's allegations that the company is trying to convince players to only play FUT.
video games
Mikolaj Laszkiewicz
April 27, 2021
Loot Boxes are Gambling and Ruin Less Well-off Players, Claim UK Researchers
Researchers from Great Britain published an extensive report on loot boxes. The authors prove that the mechanic does indeed fall under the category of gambling and, moreover, it has a tendency to become addictive for people with not very high salaries.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
April 2, 2021
Magic: Legends Hasn't Left Beta and it's Already Drowning in Microtransactions
Magic: Legends failed to impress Reddit users. Players have a lot to complain about this action RPG, especially on the topic of microtransactions.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
March 24, 2021
Agent Skins Remain a Problem in CS:GO. Characters Blend in With Surroundings
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is known for its skins, which can be astronomically expensive. As much as weapon skins remain a cosmetic item, the same cannot be said for some character skins, which are a recurring problem.
video games
Michal Ciezadlik
March 22, 2021
Lootboxes to Become Increasingly Profitable Despite Regulations
According to analysts, lootbox revenue is expected to grow every year until it reaches $20 billion per year in 2025. However, this development will not continue indefinitely.
video games
Adrian Werner
March 10, 2021
Assassin's Creed Fans Want to Boycott Helix Store and Microtransactions
A gamer has decided to create a petition on Change.org, calling on Ubisoft to remove microtransactions from the next Assassin's Creed game and offer free content instead to keep the players engaged for longer.
video games
Bart Swiatek
March 8, 2021