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EA Faces Class Action in Canada over Loot Boxes

Loot Boxes and EA go together like.... Bangers and Mash, Pie and a Pint...Shady business practices and any money-grabbing corporation. But it seems that we may soon be calling time on the Loot Box mechanic as EA is facing a Class Action Lawsuit in Canada.

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Garethvk2028d ago

It will be interesting to see how this plays out as it could change the gaming industry.

Olly_S2028d ago

For the better, hopefully.

Garethvk2028d ago

My guess is they will just start charging more for games or make them shorter and do season pass stuff with new content and cosmetics.

porkChop2027d ago

Rather than loot boxes they could just go for something like battle passes or smaller packs of proper DLC. There are plenty of ways to monetize a game that don't negatively impact the design of the game like loot boxes do.

SegaGamer2027d ago (Edited 2027d ago )

Loot boxes themselves aren't really a problem, they have been around for years now. The problem is monetised loot boxes. Paying real money for less than a 1% chance to win something is why I hate them.

The old Dragon Ball Z Budokai games used to have loot boxes, all I had to do was play the game, earn in game money, and buy capsules to unlock new moves, stages and costumes. This was actually fun and exciting, what we have now is the complete opposite. These days I have to either pay for loot boxes or grind for hours upon hours just to buy one of them with in game money.

Relientk772028d ago

Yay Canada, take those Electronic Aholes (EA) down. Enough with these greedy gambling loot boxes

lociefer2028d ago

F yes, hopefully this starts a domino effect

NEXUS-62027d ago

Took the words out of my mouth - hope this goes bad for EA.

PSX2027d ago

Now Bethesda let’s go!

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai12d ago (Edited 12d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio12d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing12d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9212d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit12d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing12d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9212d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."

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Koei Tecmo Announces Record Financial Results After Releasing Many Big Games

Today, Koei Tecmo announced its financial results for the full fiscal year 2025, related to the period between April 2025 and March 2026.

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