The Game Awards have now all been handed out at a rapid-fire pace, and if there’s one thing that this year cemented, gacha rules the Geoff Keighley roost. Between the mobile awards being dominated by ...

A limited-time gacha mini-game has been added to Marvel Rivals to celebrate the game's first anniversary The mini-game required players to spend Units in exchange for a Psylocke hero bundle filled ...

Tower of Fantasy is an interesting one: a mashup of gacha and MMO, all of the random monetisation bullshit, plus expecting you to *shudder* work together with strangers. Despite being a sicko for both ...

In the Disney and Pixar era, most American moviegoers have come to define animation as candy-colored kiddie fare that traffics in facile, rugrat-ready themes about family and finding yourself. But ...

At first glance, Arknights: Endfield may look like just another gacha game. A team of anime-styled characters executes flashy moves in a semi-open world while you explore, level up, and manage your ...

Chinese developer Hypergryph and publisher Gryphline are behind Arknights, a tower-defense tactical mobile RPG that has seen moderate success around the world. Its puzzle-based gameplay, base-building ...

The environmental group gave up its singular focus on climate change for a broader agenda. The ensuing internal strife left it weakened as it takes on the Trump administration. The environmental group ...

I’ve tried my fair share of gacha games, and even gotten hooked on a few — I’m still salty to this day that I’ve never pulled a Kitasan Black card in Umamusume: Pretty Derby. While it is technically ...

The animation industry has always been labor-intensive, blending artistry, innovation, and technology to bring stories to life. Now, a new technological shift, generative AI (genAI), is sparking ...

Smilegate, the studio behind one of the gacha genre’s biggest games, Epic Seven, is back with a new game. Chaos Zero Nightmare was announced a while ago, and its pre-registration opened in July. Now, ...

Pan Studio's free-to-play RPG Duet Night Abyss has pulled all gacha elements just weeks ahead of its October 28 launch. In an interview with Automaton, producer Deca Bear said that whilst prior ...

Southampton defender Yukinari Sugawara has joined German side Werder Bremen on a season-long loan. Werder Bremen have confirmed the deal includes an option, external for them to make Sugawara's move ...