T he gaming industry has a love-hate relationship with gacha mechanics, and despite years of player backlash, these monetization systems are thriving more than ever. Named after Japanese capsule-toy ...

Gacha games have well and truly gotten their hooks into the western PC gaming market. I've lost track of how many freemium character-dispenser games Hoyoverse is running at this point, let alone the ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In every gacha game, there’s that moment of triumph when you finally see the golden glow or ...

Genshin Impact developer Cognosphere (aka Hoyoverse) has agreed to a $20 million settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its gacha loot box monetization and is now banned from ...

Gacha games and collaborations come hand in hand. I can’t count the number of times that 2B from Nier: Automata or some Persona 5 character has shown up as an event character. These collaborations are ...