Gaming Belgium finds loot box systems violate gambling laws FIFA 18, Overwatch, and CS:GO are ordered to remove loot boxes or else By Cal Jeffrey, April 25, 2018, 6:05 PM
Mobile Gaming Fortnite: Battle Royale mobile has reportedly made $15 million through in-app purchases And it's not even been out a month By Rob Thubron, April 6, 2018, 12:43 PM
Gaming Shadow of War is getting rid of its microtransactions Six months after its release By Rob Thubron, April 3, 2018, 7:38 AM 12 comments
Gaming Microtransactions are returning to Star Wars: Battlefront II but they'll be cosmetic-only The 'Progression Update' will roll out March 21 By Cohen Coberly, March 16, 2018, 3:39 PM 15 comments
Gaming Tech Culture Loot box controversy prompts ESRB to create 'In-Game Purchases' label New designation will be applied far too broadly to be useful By Cal Jeffrey, February 27, 2018, 3:10 PM 13 comments
Gaming A second save slot in Metal Gear Survive costs $10 Konami continues to endear itself to gamers By Rob Thubron, February 25, 2018, 9:45 AM 14 comments
Gaming Industry Over half of Activision Blizzard's $7.16 billion yearly revenue came from microtransactions People must love in-game purchases By Rob Thubron, February 12, 2018, 6:12 AM 12 comments
Gaming Industry Irdeto buys out Denuvo to pursue anti-cheat measures No more circumventing microtransactions By Greg Synek, January 24, 2018, 9:42 AM 7 comments
Gaming Obsidian assures fans that its upcoming RPG will lack microtransactions The Fallout: New Vegas developer's partnership with Take-Two had raised concerns By Rob Thubron, December 18, 2017, 10:05 AM
Gaming Opinion: In-game purchases poison the well Every game with a microtransaction system is a player revolt waiting to happen By Kirk Hamilton, November 30, 2017, 6:52 AM 16 comments
Gaming Industry Microtransactions from free-to-play games almost three times the revenue of paid game releases $22 billion in 2017 alone should be enough motivation for developers to keep microtransactions alive By Rob Thubron, November 30, 2017, 6:15 AM 12 comments
Tech Culture Gaming Destiny 2 players outraged at Bungie's lack of transparency regarding level rewards Community feels developers were being deceptive in how they implemented leveling changes By Cal Jeffrey, November 27, 2017, 6:36 PM 9 comments
Weekend Open Forum Gaming Weekend Open Forum: Your thoughts on microtransactions, loot boxes & other pay-to-win elements? Good or bad for gaming? By Shawn Knight, November 24, 2017, 5:39 PM 44 comments
Gaming Analyst: "Undercharged" gamers overreacted to Star Wars Battlefront 2 microtransactions Stop overreacting, you ungrateful gamers! By Rob Thubron, November 21, 2017, 7:54 AM 42 comments
Gaming You won't believe how much money or time it will take to unlock all Star Wars Battlefront 2 content Update: Microtransactions temporarily pulled from the game By Cal Jeffrey, November 16, 2017, 5:05 PM 22 comments
Gaming Ex BioWare dev says EA is turning to multiplayer games for the microtransactions Unsurprisingly By Rob Thubron, October 24, 2017, 6:11 AM 12 comments
Gaming Shadow of War director defends its microtransactions They will not distract from the rest of the game, apparently By Rob Thubron, September 25, 2017, 11:00 AM 16 comments
Gaming Middle-Earth: Shadow of War will have single player microtransactions But don't worry, everything can be obtained by playing the game By Cohen Coberly, August 5, 2017, 8:11 PM 17 comments
Gaming Mobile 11-year-old accidentally spends almost $7,500 on microtransactions using Dad's credit card A warning for all parents By Rob Thubron, April 4, 2017, 2:15 PM 16 comments
Gaming Ubisoft defends For Honor's microtransactions The company says you're not supposed to buy them all By Rob Thubron, March 23, 2017, 8:00 AM 10 comments
Gaming Want to unlock everything in For Honor? You'll need to play the game for 2.5 years or pay $732 Few people appreciate microtransactions, especially in full price games By Rob Thubron, March 21, 2017, 9:35 AM 52 comments
Gaming Industry In Super Mario Run criticism, analysts and F2P gamers forget that the game's quality is what matters I'm really glad Nintendo didn't go freemium By Julio Franco, December 19, 2016, 6:30 PM 22 comments
Gaming 'Uncharted 4' multiplayer maps and modes will be free, all other paid content can be earned in-game By Shawn Knight, May 2, 2016, 4:15 PM
Gaming Microsoft 'Forza Motorsport 6: Apex' is the free-to-play version of Turn 10's racer for the PC By Shawn Knight, March 1, 2016, 2:30 PM 12 comments
Gaming Take-Two reveals GTA V has shipped 60 million copies, and the online mode just hit a peak By Rob Thubron, February 5, 2016, 11:15 AM