Monetization

Microtransactions In-Game Purchases Battle Pass Free-to-Play Games Loot Boxes Free-to-Play In-Game Currency Free-to-Play Models Battle Pass System Fortnite

Final Fantasy Resonance Built After Producer Fought Execs to Drop Gacha and Remake Exvius

The game’s producer pushed Square Enix to abandon a cheap port and instead retool the mobile title into a premium, single‑player turn‑based RPG.

PEGI Raises Age Rating to 16 for Games That Use Loot Boxes

Gears of War: E‑Day Reached 1.7 Million Game Pass Players but Sold About 230,000 Copies, Third‑Party Firm Says

HoYoverse Unveils Nodusfall, a Four-Player Dark-Fantasy Co‑op Action RPG

Riot’s 2XKO Launches on Xbox, PlayStation and PC With Season 1 Kickoff

Blizzard Confirms Hearthsteel Currency for WoW Housing as Alpha Catalog Goes Live

Datamine Points to 'Hearthsteel' Currency Tied to WoW Housing

Caliban Prime Launches in Warframe With Prime Access and New Signature Weapons

North American Players Lead Global Game Spending as Microtransactions Flourish

Splitgate 2 Open Beta Launches with Cross-Play and Progression Carryover

Star Wars Battlefront 2 Player Count Surges Following Andor Finale and May the 4th

Marvel Rivals Set for December Launch with 33 Heroes and New Maps

Delta Force PC Open Beta Launches December 5

Nexon Overhauls 'The First Descendant' with Major Player-Requested Updates