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    UBISOFT CEO YVES GUILLEMOT PICTURES THE FUTURE OF GAMES - GAMESCOM 2018

    Technology is actually going in that direction. The machines will be more powerful and the system to transfer data will be more efficient, so at one point, we will have a better experience streaming something than having to buy a machine and change the machine regularly

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    We'll have different models. Everyone will be able to choose the model that fits for the type of amount he or she wants to invest. What I'd like is the diversity of models. I don't like one specific way to participate. Id like to keep different types of approaches so that anyone can play with each other.

    Guillemot also touched upon what this means for game development, seeing how Beyond Good and Evil 2 is gonna rely on community creations as an integral part of its development through a partnership with Hitrecord

    We feel it's very important to bring the community into the creation of the game so they really feel more at home when they play. Going to HitRecord was a way to organize those things in such a way that it could work with many people. It's working very well. We are seeing lots of proposals that are fantastic. It's really going to improve the diversity and appeal of the game.

    [In the future], games are going to be really huge worlds. It will be really good to have more creators being able to create environments that will be completely different from what only a team [of developers], even if it's 500 people, can imagine

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    lootboxes (.. 2, Blizzard ..) EA :

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    Kotaku: NBA 2K19 is a Nightmarish Vision of Our Microtransaction-Stuffed Future.

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    ... does not compute. NBA LIVE "" .

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    15 European+ 1 American gambling regulation agencies sign a common declaration regarding video games






    • Latvia
    • Czeh Republic
    • Isle of man
    • France
    • Malta
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    • Ireland
    • Portugal
    • Norway
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    Finland Begins Investigating The Legality Of Loot Boxes





    Joining the Netherlands and Belgium, Finland has opened its own investigation into the legality of loot boxes. Are they illegal? Are they lovely? Finland will find out!

    As EA continues to defy Belgium over FIFA, and Overwatch, NBA 2K19, etc. find themselves subject to scrutiny, the fight over monetization is starting to heat up. And of course, CS:GO has a big role to play too.

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    FINLAND POLICE HAVE STARTED THE INVESTIGATION OF LOOT BOXES LEGALITY

    A police inquiry was recently lodged with the police of the southwest Finland, targeting loot boxes. The case is yet only in preliminary investigation and the police still refuse to state the name of the game in question.

    Earlier in August 2018 Finland Lottery Authority issued an opinion in which it talks about the position of the loot boxes for the first time for its legal status and seeks that loot boxes belong to Finland lottery law.

    According to Finland Lottery Authority statement, the lottery authority considers that "certain features of a video game containing loot boxes seem to meet the lottery definition" and Valves CS:GO is mentioned in the statement.

    Lotteries are seeking unlawful in Finland if it meets ALL these four conditions:

    Loot boxes can be bought fully or partly with real money.
    The player does not know whats inside the box.
    Loot Boxes may be exchanged for cash either by the publisher of a video game on their own or on third-party trading venues.
    A video game publisher or other operator doesnt have licence for running a lottery (which can be only acquired in Finland by RAY and charity lotteries).

    According to the Finland Lottery Authority, video game loot boxes dont need to be denied, but the features that are fulfilling the lottery law must be tackled.

    "This is a general discussion of loot boxes and lottery law, as well as what elements should be in the loot box to make it a problem," says Senior Inspector Mikko Cantell of the Police Department.
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    Meanwhile developers - :

    Why Digital Extremes Removed An "Insanely Profitable" Microtransaction from Warframe, because of one player just to protect their fans.

    We wanted people to be able to change fur pattern and colors, so we had a lever, basically. For all intents and purposes it was a button you could push, and if you wanted to pay so much platinum, you can change the color. And you can take a print of that and trade it to someone else.


    So we were trying to give you a way to get something cool and give it to your friends. And we saw a guy pull the lever like 200 times. And it was just like, oh my dear God, what have we done? Weve created a slot machine. And so it was a couple of days, I think, it took us to take that out. That one is a big regret.


    Obviously it was insanely profitable, for someone to be doing that. But thats not what our design intent, or the intent of the game, is. So thats why we changed it.

    Sheldon Carter - Creative Director at Digital Extremes

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    To Warframe Free 2 Play PC/PS4/Xbox One 20 2018 Switch ( ). hard currency platinum devs.

    in game platinum , . , , . DLC "" - !!! free 2 find cosmetics .

    trading platinum ( ) . pay2win pay2fashion pay2notgrind!!!

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    Public investigation finds loot boxes are "psychologically akin to gambling"


    A survey of over 7,000 gamers has found "important links between loot box spending and problem gambling".

    Undertaken by the Australian Environment and Communications Reference Committee (ECRC), the survey was sparked in response to a academic journal article published in Nature Human Behaviour, titled 'Video game loot boxes are psychologically akin to gambling'
    Zendle and Cairns' investigation found the more severe an individual's gambling addiction, the more they typically spent on loot boxes, suggesting the results support claims that loot boxes are "psychologically akin to gambling".

    The report added that "these results also suggest that there is a serious risk for loot boxes to cause gambling-related harm".
    Considering the survey findings, it was recommended that games containing loot boxes carry parental advisories and a description that clearly state the presence of "in-game gambling content".

    Additionally, restricting the sale of games that contain loot boxes to players of the legal gambling age should be given "serious consideration".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fulgore View Post
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    Steam 2 demo gifting ...
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    Steam . ( / , )

    physical ( / ..... "" ' / , ).

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    , publishers, .
    ( ) "" , lootboxes . (bye bye gaming from me)

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    . : refund (digital ?) () steam .. ( ) automated .

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    , , ( Steam).

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    indy Nba Battlegrounds -Legendary Eleven, BC games (.. NBA JAM), retro games (iss - tv sports basketball).

    - lootbox simulators .

    (not). warnings. (sony-nintendo).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vengeance 64 View Post
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    Steam 2 demo gifting ...
    digital only pc, .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fulgore View Post
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