Adventure games and mystery boxes have their place, though they’ve made a niche for themselves by engaging players with rich, compelling narratives and challenging problem solving, all wrapped up in ...

Over the last few years, we've seen an increasing number of games locking desirable content behind the digital operant conditioning chambers known as "loot boxes." The basics of how loot boxes work ...

Loot Boxes are a very popular feature in online and electronic games. They are collectors best friend and worst enemy at the same time, offering the chance to get rare items in one spin or infinite ...

Marvel Rivals takes plenty of cues from Overwatch, and a new datamine suggests that it may be lifting one more bit from the hero shooter that defined the genre: loot boxes. Perhaps the most surprising ...

The European Parliament voted today to adopt a report calling for the European Commission to address several issues in the games industry that it believes will better protect consumers, especially ...

The U.K.’s Department of Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) has announced that it will not enact any laws regarding loot boxes, which are common in mobile games and some console games. Instead, ...

Australia may introduce harsher age ratings for games with loot boxes—including the likes of FIFA, and the NBA 2K games—if changes proposed by the federal government are passed. The Albanese ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The government of Australia has proposed major changes to its national classifications system for video games. According to a recent press release, ...