Last week the ESA issued a statement that Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony would be working toward some sort of amicable loot box odd disclosure goal. For a fleeting second it might seem like a win: but it's actually what China, and many other...

The Entertainment Software Association has announced that it's working with Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo on new policies, openly disclosing the odds on loot box mechanics in video games that feature them. This is similar to the practices f...

While Lyle continues to track down his own worst enemy, here's what's been happening this past week in video games: Overwatch has a new hero! Google Stadia isn't trying to be the Netflix of video games! Grand Theft Auto Online introduces ...

While Lyle keeps practicing his impression of you, here's what's been happening in video games the past week:  Gears 5 is dropping paid loot boxes! The UK parliament is investigating loot boxes! The Witcher 3 is going to fit entire...

Competition has been good for Hearthstone. Even though Artifact never really found an audience, other digital Collectible Card Games (CCGs) like Eternal and Magic The Gathering: Arena have provided some legitimate alternative...

Despite my rant several months ago about my dislike Dragalia Lost’s overly grindy events, I recently hooked myself on it again. Even in that piece, I admit there’s a lot I like about Dragalia in particular, and I still main...

Josh Hawley, the junior senator from Missouri and currently the youngest member serving in the Senate, has made a name for himself from going after the tech giants of Silicon Valley. He has butted heads with Facebook. He wants to make it mo...

Nintendo will be removing both Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Fire Emblem Heroes from Belgian mobile stores by the end of August. In a Tweet from Nintendo of Belgium, the company stated, "Due to the current unclear situation in Belgium re...

Sure, Electronic Arts have won “Worst Company in America” in previous years (twice in a row, in fact), but I can't think of a worse year than 2017 for EA. Mass Effect: Andromeda was downright embarrassing on launch and straight-...

Yesterday, Activision and Treyarch began a season's worth of new content for their military shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. The event, Operation Grand Heist, will drip-feed bits and pieces into BO 4's various modes over the coming weeks,...

Last year, the Netherlands declared that loot boxes in video games were a form of gambling. Any product containing them would be prohibited from sale without a proper license. Seemingly ready for a court battle, EA went about continuing to ...

Epic Games has announced that they are doing away with mystery loot boxes in Fortnite's Save the World mode, replacing them with transparent goodie packs, allowing players to see what's inside their Llamas before considering their purchase....

Blizzard's collectible card game Hearthstone is one of the brightest spots on the company's ledger sheet, having recently surpassed 100 million registered players. The game is in a pretty good place, with Valve's Artifact stumbling out...

It would seem the Amish aren't fond of the fact we acknowledged them on the realm of the internet in video form. That's a multitude of things they dislike! So, while we continue to do so, here's the rundown on what's happening in video gam...

After last year's debacle with Battlefront II and loot boxes, multiple governments from different countries have taken to investigating whether or not microtransactions constitute gambling in games. Just last week, the United Kingdom had de...

The never-ending battle to determine whether or not loot boxes constitute gambling has made a turn for the better. According to a report from the BBC, the UK's "Gambling Commission" has determined that in-game loot boxes are a gateway drug ...

Today sees Blizzard's multiplayer shooter Overwatch bring back its annual Halloween festivities. Halloween Terror 2018 gives players a chance to bag some spooky new skins, as well as pick up some of the previous years' goodies that are yet ...

It's the first day of October and already everyone's losing their minds over their spoopy plans for Halloween (even though it's still 30 days away). Blizzard Entertainment are also getting into the spirit (LIKE A GHOST) of things by announc...

Paid loot boxes are currently the crème de la crème of gaming monetization (along with gacha gambling), but thanks to recent legislative pushes, some publishers might be pivoting. A "we don't have loot boxes, look at us" ...

Pregame Discharge will never reach the point of including or implying symbolism because that is the language of cowards. Instead, we'll stick to the news that today features the following: Nintendo had a Nintendo Direct Definitely not che...

Fifteen gambling regulatory bodies in Europe, along with Washington State, are coming together to discuss the "risks created by the blurring of lines between gaming and gambling".Various countries including Spain, the UK, Malta, France, Aus...

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that real-money loot boxes have been removed from the Belgian territories in both online shooter Overwatch and MOBA Heroes of the Storm, effective immediately.The decision is made in compliance with the ...

Blizzard's Hearthstone is one of the company's more unusual creations. A digital representation of a physical card game, based on a venerable MMORPG, itself based on a real-time-strategy game (based on the Warhammer universe, but ...

Belgian customers will no longer be able to purchase in-game card packs for NBA 2K's "My Team" mode with real money. In compliance with Belgian gambling laws, the "feature" was removed from all iterations of the series to keep the games on ...

Blizzard's Hearthstone released its most recent expansion yesterday, and the mad-science themed The Boomsday Project adds 135 cards to the venerable digital CCG. The set adds several new mechanics and offers some new deck archetyp...