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Blizzard Sells $40 WoW Housing Exteriors as $75 Bundle Draws Backlash

Players say the steep prices contradict earlier assurances about housing monetization.

Nutmeg Brings Deckbuilding to Football Management, Now on Steam

Fallout 76 Opens Free Trial as Bethesda Launches $30 Mojave Bundle Featuring TV NCR Armor

Fortnite’s Top Creative Map Adds Paid Loot Boxes and $1 Spins as Epic Says Offers Comply

Helldivers 2 Sets Aug. 26 Xbox Launch With Halo ODST Premium Warbond

Star Wars Battlefront II Breaks Steam Concurrent Player Record

EA Sports F1 25 Launches to Strong Reviews with Deeper Career Tools and Film Tie-In

Genshin Impact to Begin Mandatory Age Verification for US Players May 20

Fortnite Ends Availability of Matte Black Master Chief Skin

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Introduces Optional $20 Personalized Audio Feature

Riot Games Faces Backlash Over $500 League of Legends Skin

Capcom to Address Dragon's Dogma 2 Technical Issues, Community Reacts to Microtransactions

Diablo 4 Microtransaction Controversy Sparks Backlash