Square Enix CEO Thinks Microtransactions Better Suited for Mobile Games Than Console Games
With how things have escalated between the gaming community and EA regarding Star Wars Battlefront II, the term “microtransactions” is ...
Tag: Microtransactions
Ex-BioWare Dev: AAA Single-Player at EA Is “Dead,” Cites Significant Revenue in Microtransactions as Cause
Electronic Arts recently closed down game developer Visceral Games (Dead Space, Battlefield Hardline) after the Star Wars game the ...
Ex-Bungie Developer on Microtransactions: Devs Have Families to Feed, Cautions Gamers to Not Buy Them as Protest
Like it or not, it seems the video game industry is now trending towards loot boxes, loot crates and the ...
Activision Has a Patent That Can Encourage Gamers to Buy DLC Based on Matchmaking (Update #3)
Update #3: Fixed the headline to reflect that Activision has not and is not currently using the matchmaking algorithm to influence ...
Gran Turismo Sport Won’t Have Microtransactions
While most games these days are thinking of ways to implement microtransactions in order to earn more money post-release, don’...
New Battleborn Update Will Add New Skins Via Microtransactions
It’s no secret that Gearbox Software was going to eventually add some sort of micro-transactions to their hero-shooter, Battleborn, ...
Mortal Kombat X Micro-Transactions Let You Buy Easy Fatalities And Unlock The Full Krypt
Finally, the four year-long wait for the Mortal Kombat X title is over as the next installment in the long-running ...
PvZ: Garden Warfare – In-game Coins Now Available For Purchase
As we reported last weekend, you can now use real life money to unlock things in PopCap HD’s shooter, ...
PvZ: Garden Warfare – No Micro-DLC At Launch, Producer Responds to Negative EA/BF4 Stigma
PopCap Games’ quirky third-person shooter Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare won’t launch with micro-transactions, according to producer, Brian Lindley, ...
Gears Of War: Judgment – Microtransactions Will Allow Players To Purchase Double XP
In what seems to slowly becoming an industry trend, more and more games are supporting microtransactions, with Call of Duty: ...