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EA’s Battlefront 2 loot crate PR disaster could be an important precedent-setter at a pivotal time, as publishers restructure their monetization, tempted by profitable micro-transactions. A quick refresher: Pre-release, we…

Xbox

Microsoft Just Had to Put Microtransactions in Halo Wars 2

January 12, 2017
Lachlan Cosgrove

Why Halo Wars 2, just why? Xbox today released on YouTube a video to announce a date for the anticipated all-new Blitz mode beta testing for Halo Wars 2. Describing it as…

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Industry

GAMEOLOGY: Microtransactions

October 18, 2016
Mathew Falvai

Micro-transactions – purchases you make within a game – are here to stay. But are they simply a natural evolution of the digital gaming marketplace or an evil source of…