Enlarge / A new study attempts to connect the dots between opening video game loot boxes and replicating “problem gambling” behaviors. (credit: Getty Images / Aurich Lawson / Sam Machkovech) We’ve had a lot to say about loot boxes in video games, and in the wake of our own reviews and rants about their growing […]
Enlarge / EA has convinced a set of class action lawyers that there isn’t a secret algorithm affecting the results for FIFA Ultimate Team squads like this one. (credit: Electronic Arts) A group of California players has dropped a class-action lawsuit accusing Electronic Arts of secretly using a “Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment” (DDA) to secretly affect […]
Enlarge / What… what are you doing with that hammer? (credit: Epic Games) Epic is set to settle a class-action lawsuit over its use of randomized loot boxes in Fortnite‘s “Save the World” mode by paying affected players with in-game currency. Rocket League players who previously purchased loot boxes in that game will also receive an […]