loot boxes
Loot Box Controversy: Unpacking the Ethics and Impact
You may have heard about the recent controversy surrounding loot boxes in video games. Loot boxes allow players to spend real money to receive randomized virtual items. While they may seem harmless at...
Loot Boxes – The Economic and Psychological Impact on Players
Since loot boxes are the primary system that defines microtransactions in gaming, it’s outright impossible to avoid them these days. They represent one of the primary strategies behind the profit-maki...
Researchers Have Discovered a Connection Between Loot Boxes and Gambling
A widely used method of generating revenue in video games can potentially promote gambling tendencies among players and lead to significant harm. Researchers and the public are showing growing interes...
Are Loot Boxes In Video Games Giving Rise To Gambling Addictions?
Ever noticed how loot boxes in games can give you that same rush as a coin drop at a casino? Tucked inside our favorite digital worlds, these virtual treasure chests are like a sly wink from Lady Luck...
How to Fix Loot Boxes in Video Games
You know them. You loathe them. For a time, they were a bane of almost every AAA out there. Loot boxes, the randomized virtual chests that promised neat items for your favorite game, but in reality, e...
The Drop Rate From Overwatch Loot Boxes Finally Revealed
Overwatch revealed the drop rate from the Loot Boxes within the in-game, thanks to the Loot Box law by China. The law dictates that every sold game will need to provide information of drop rates, so t...
UK House Of Lords Views Loot Boxes As Gambling
The UK’s House of Lords has just published a new report that calls on the Government to reclassify in game loot boxes as gambling. While we’ve all had possibly more pressing matters on our minds...
ESRB Ratings Will Warn of Random Item Purchases
The ESRB has announced that video games will now feature both an age rating and a warning label about in-game purchases and if those purchases can include random items. While game labels have included...
Exploring the rocky relationship between video games and games of chance
Games of chance have had an increasingly prominent role to play in the recent history of AAA gaming. We’ve seen developers adopt a lenient approach when introducing elements of gambling to our favorit...