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  • Have Microtransactions Gone Too Far in Free-to-Play Games?
  • College Football 27 adds Microtransactions to Dynasty and RTG
  • AC Black Flag Resynced Is A Hit, But People Are Particularly Upset About One Thing

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mmobomb.com /2 weeks ago

Have Microtransactions Gone Too Far in Free-to-Play Games?

Are microtransactions causing more negative impact than it seems on the surface?

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thegamehaus.com /1 week ago

College Football 27 adds Microtransactions to Dynasty and RTG

Fans and content creators of College Football 27 are taking to social media today with the hashtag #CFBPlayDontPay after EA added microtransactions in two of the game’s offline mod...

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gamespot.com /5 days ago

AC Black Flag Resynced Is A Hit, But People Are Particularly Upset About One Thing

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced launched on July 9, and the swashbuckling pirate adventure game got off to a great start. Vantage Studios, the new company in charge of the Ass...

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invisioncommunity.co.uk /2 weeks ago

How Video Game Monetisation Models Have Evolved Beyond Loot Boxes

The way games make money has changed dramatically over the past decade. What started as a fairly simple transaction — buy the game, own the game — gradually gave way to something f...

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gamespot.com /2 days ago

CFB 27 Ditches Controversial Microtransactions After Massive Blowback

EA Sports has announced that it has removed the CFB 27 microtransaction system that people hated from the get-go. In a statement, EA said, "We will remove all paid progression opti...

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trueachievements.com /1 month ago

Dragon's Dogma 2 gets permanent discount on Xbox store and will see microtransactions gutted

Dragon's Dogma 2 has recieved a permanent discount on the Xbox store

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kotaku.com /6 days ago

$70 EA Sports College Football 27 Locks Single-Player Content Behind Microtransactions And Earns ‘Mostly Negative’ Ratin...

EA has removed features present in College Football 26 and replaced them with microtransactions for its sequel

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gamespot.com /1 week ago

College Football 27 Is Pissing Everyone Off

Ask players what their favorite mode is in EA's revitalized College Football series, and most will tell you it's Dynasty or Road To Glory, which give players control of an entire s...

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polygon.com /1 month ago

Dragon's Dogma 2's controversial microtransactions are going away

Capcom is removing the DLC microtransactions that plagued Dragon's Dogma 2 at launch and led to negative Steam reviews.

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massivelyop.com /1 week ago

EverQuest Legends’ reduced inventories in pre-order beta raise fears of over-monetization

With EverQuest Legends continuing to move through its pre-order open beta, players have begun to raise their voices against Game Jawn’s and Daybreak’s perceived monetization practi...

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trueachievements.com /2 days ago

EA removes egregious College Football 27 microtransactions following player backlash

EA has removed College Football 27's Road to Glory and Online Dynasty microtransactions

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videogameschronicle.com /1 month ago

Dragon Age series producer says more games should be funded by product placement instead of live service

Reliance on microtransactions "is preventing other genres from flourishing", says Mark Darrah

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massivelyop.com /6 days ago

Tiny old-school MMORPG Winds of Valen introduces an optional sub model to support development

Last March, we first reported on Winds of Valen, a free-to-play old-school styled MMORPG from indie studio Fiery Dog Games that hangs its hat on gameplay in which players are earni...

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kotaku.com /4 days ago

EA Reverses Course On College Football 27 Microtransactions Following Player Revolt

The latest scandal between EA and student athletics stems from previously free progression features in the Road to Glory and Dynasty modes being paywalled

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pocketgamer.biz /3 weeks ago

Xsolla data reveals direct-to-consumer PC game transactions surpassed $1 billion in 2025

Global video game commerce company Xsolla has shared data from its publisher network revealing that direct-to-consumer (D2C) transactions on PC surpassed $1 billion in 2025. The f...

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gamespot.com /5 days ago

FOMO In Battlefield 6 Gets A Small Reduction, But It’ll Cost You

Battlefield Studios has announced a notable change for how players can acquire the battle pass content in Battlefield 6 and Redsec. This new update will allow you a second chance a...

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digitaltrends.com /1 month ago

You may soon be able to split your Xbox purchases into installments

Code spotted on the Xbox website suggests Microsoft is preparing buy now, pay later integrations with Klarna and PayPal, letting users split the cost of games and hardware into ins...

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metro.co.uk /6 days ago

Latest EA sports game review bombed over single-player microtransactions

Fans of EA Sports College Football 27 are revolting over the game’s sneaky microtransactions, but it’s claimed EA won’t cave no matter how loud the backlash gets.

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pcgamesn.com /3 weeks ago

The new Overwatch Nyan Café skins claw their way to eye-watering prices

With a bundle price that could cost up to $100 in Overwatch Coins, two Nyan Café ‘ultra skins’ push the multiplayer shooter to new highs.

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pcgamesn.com /1 month ago

Two years later, Dragon's Dogma 2's pointless MTXs are finally going away, and it's getting a "permanent discount"

Capcom is clearing out almost all of Dragon’s Dogma 2’s microtransactions, as it continues to pave the way for Dark Arisen this October.

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massivelyop.com /1 week ago

Aion 2 releases monetization plan with optional $15 sub, battle pass, cash shop, and founder packs

NCsoft has formally revealed its monetization plan for Aion 2 when its global edition arrives in the west this fall. “Our goal is to be transparent about the entire approach,” NCso...

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mmobomb.com /1 month ago

Tree Of Savior Player Reportedly Gets Special Prize For Spending $100k In The Game

Over a period of 3 weeks.

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rockpapershotgun.com /4 weeks ago

Many live service games are just an MMO subscription "hidden inside of a neat 'optional' package", argue Guild Wars 3 de...

Guild Wars 3 developers ArenaNet have published a Hot Take of sorts about the MMORPG genre, while explaining in broad strokes how their forthcoming "modern evolution" will differ f...

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pocketgamer.biz /3 weeks ago

Report: Mobile game D2C revenues reach $17bn as publishers push beyond app stores

Direct-to-consumer (D2C) monetisation has now grown into a $17 billion market that accounts for around 15% of the global $113.3bn mobile in-app purchase sector, according to a new...

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