The Austrian Supreme Court has ruled out loot boxes in video games as gambling amid a plaintiff seeking to reclaim money ...

Your Overwatch currency and loot box contents will automatically be transferred over to your Overwatch 2 account when the sequel launches, Blizzard has confirmed. In a new Reddit AMA, Overwatch ...

You’d be hard pressed to find a game that doesn’t include some form of microtransactions these days, especially in mobile games. It just makes sense for gaming companies — an immensely lucrative ...

In recent years, loot boxes have become a feature in modern video games, particularly in some of the big games like FIFA, Fortnite, and Overwatch. For some players, they’re an entertaining feature, a ...

The video game goliath shut down its randomized "gacha pipe" micro-transaction system in October 2022, but the company is still facing flack. Reading time 3 minutes An under-18 gamer, with support ...

Loot boxes and other in-game microtransactions involving randomisation have been controversial for at least the past five years. This changed in 2022. In the past year, we saw both pre-existing ...

Earlier this week, we reported that European ratings board PEGI made an example out of Activision Blizzard and Plaion for leaving some key information out of their submissions for Diablo Immortal and ...

Austria’s Supreme Court has ruled that loot boxes found in EA Sports’ soccer games do not constitute unlicensed gambling.