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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Bart Swiatek
March 8, 2021
Lootboxes Only for Adults, New German Law One Step Away
The Bundestag has passed an amendment to the law on the protection of minors. The amendment recognises loot boxes as harmful to the development of children. It only needs the approval of the second chamber of parliament to enter into force.
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Adrian Piotrowski
March 6, 2021
AC: Valhalla Fans Frustrated with Payments and Lack of Free DLC
Fans of the latest installment of Assassin's Creed are not happy with Ubisoft's primary focus on introducing new paid items.
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Adrian Piotrowski
February 6, 2021
Capcom Rejects Gacha Mechanics and Lootboxes in Its Games
In its annual business and investment report, Capcom outlined its official position on lootboxes and gacha-type random loot mechanics in its games. The company firmly disassociates itself from such practices in the future.
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Michael Kulakowski
January 27, 2021
Activision Blizzard Achieves Record Value
Activision Blizzard can count the last few months as extremely successful. The company's value has never been so high, and its thanks to, in part, by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Tom Borys
January 21, 2021
Former President of EA Sports: „Lootboxes Aren't Gambling”
Peter Moore - former president of EA Sports - recently gave an interview in which he referred to the issue of lootboxes, among other topics. In his opinion, those and similar mechanics are very far from gambling.
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Bart Swiatek
January 8, 2021
Diablo Immortal is to Encourage us to Make New Friends
Last day brought with it a lot of information about Diablo Immortal. All thanks to an AMA session with designer Wyatt Cheng and producer Caleb Arsenaux, who answered questions related to gameplay and microtransactions.
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Jacob Blazewicz
December 24, 2020
New Microtransactions in AC Valhalla Speed Up Character Progression
Ubisoft has introduced new microtransactions in Assassin's Creed: Valhalla. From now on, players can purchase boosters to acquired experience points and gold.
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Jacob Blazewicz
December 17, 2020
Microtransactions are the Main Course in the Gaming Industry
The latest SuperData report has brought some interesting information. It turns out that almost 90% of revenues of the digital gaming market are generated by microtransactions.
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Adrian Werner
December 3, 2020
Players Mock Red Dead Online's Aggressive Monetization and Outlaw Pass
Rockstar released a new update for Red Dead Online, but its poor contents and high prices were a bitter surprise for RDO fans.
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Tom Borys
December 2, 2020